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On the remote island of diego garcia, in the middle of the indian ocean, the threat of covid19 to operational readiness is everpresent. It has since hosted americas largest overseas airbase. I walk in the night by your house again oh how we both pretend so much to defend you offer a kiss and a block of ice your friends offer cold advice. Diego garcia as always been thought of as, the seabees island. Diego garcias best songs as picked by the jam community, 20112015 you were never there diego garcia. Try disabling any ad blockers and refreshing this page. Diego garcia is the largest of the islands in the chagos archipelago. He was the lead singer of the band elefant and later became a solo artist garcia was born in detroit, michigan to argentine parents, raised in tampa, florida, and educated at brown university. Dvids news nsf diego garcia sailors stay mission ready.
Major airports near diego garcia, british indian ocean territory. The diego garcia island is part of the ukowned chagos islands in the indian ocean from where the british army forcefully evicted the indigenous chagossian population in the 1960s, before leasing it to the united states. Diego garcia, coral atoll, largest and southernmost member of the chagos archipelago, in the central indian ocean. Diego garcia is known for his work on the genius club 2006, the othersiders 2009 and the real l word 2010. Singersongwriter diego garcias 2011 solo debut, laura, is a gorgeously crafted and ceaselessly melodic mix of softfocus 60s and 70sinfluenced pop. Interesting facts about diego garcia fun facts about diego. Diego garcia is an island of the british indian ocean territory, an overseas territory of the united kingdom.
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Cnn the secretive diego garcia military base may be 1,000 miles from the nearest continent, but it has all the trappings of a modern. Airports near me diego garcia, british indian ocean. Where his former band elefant who broke up in 2010 favored a kind of 80sinfluenced postpunk revivalism, garcia is clearly enamored with the symphonic echochamber sound of such artists as harry nilsson, donovan, nick garrie, and others. Diego has more than 12 years in the design industry, providing solutions for large companiesbrandsproducts in the u. Yet in just a few short years this incredibly gifted singer has won awards across the world, stretching from the u. Current local time in diego garcia, british indian ocean. Current local time in british indian ocean territory diego garcia. It rains often with a normal year measuring more than 100 inches, most occurring during the summer months of december and january. Diego garcia, british indian ocean territory nns a u. Welcome to navy support facility diego garcia one island, one team, one mission u.
His new solo work follows the songwriter exploring his latin roots, conjuring the spirit of 1970s troubadours like sandro, jose jose and jobim with introspective. Established as a territory of the uk in 1965, a number of the british indian ocean territory biot islands were transferred to the seychelles when it attained independence in 1976, leaving only the six main island groups comprising the chagos archipelago of 2,300 islands. Stream diego garcia stay gnotes remix by killerblunts from desktop or your mobile device. Administratively, it was a dependency of mauritius for most of its history, but since 1965 it has been part of the british indian ocean territory. Diego garcia is an island that is visited by few and a protected inhabitance in the. Diego garcia, too many people shed to too many tears you lived your life in a perfect paradise the sun always shone on your beaches with lies mr. But love and loss pale in comparison with laura, the.
During the same period, diego garcia became a multibilliondollar navy and air force base and a central node in u. Diego garcia stay gnotes remix by killerblunts free. Garcia was born in detroit, michigan to argentine parents, raised in tampa, florida, and educated at brown university. May 03, 2016 during the same period, diego garcia became a multibilliondollar navy and air force base and a central node in u. It now hosts a us military base covering two thirds of the island. Wilson smiled while the sadness took your lives he said everything would be just fine moved thousands of miles right out of sign so the us of a could build another disgrace. Today diego garcia is the largest us military base in the indian ocean. Explore diego garcias sunrise and sunset, moonrise and moonset. Mar 14, 2017 the diego garcia island is part of the ukowned chagos islands in the indian ocean from where the british army forcefully evicted the indigenous chagossian population in the 1960s, before leasing it to the united states. His acclaimed 2011 solo debut laura was the ultimate bedroom recording, an intensely focused and utterly entrancing chamberpop song cycl.
Since diego garcia is in the southern hemisphere, the seasons are reversed compared to the u. Diego garcia knows how to mine romantic yearning in his work. Diego garcia is an island that is visited by few and a protected inhabitance in the middle of th. Diego garcia proved to be critically important as a refueling base during the 1991 persian gulf war, and during operation desert fox, it served as a base for b52 bombers, which on dec. Available to download only please note the pdf report is a scanned. Greenwich bay, of which i was a crew member, in early october, 1961. The base, which few americans are aware of, is more important strategically and more secretive than the u. The united kingdom, which claims sovereignty over the island and the rest of the chagos archipelago, has a small number of military personnel stationed there. With that in mind we look at the rest of the navy, air force, army, and. Because of its notoriety, the base is shrouded in secrecy. He was the lead singer of the band elefant and is currently a solo artist.
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