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Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: JAB <here@is.invalid> Newsgroups: misc.news.internet.discuss Subject: Diego Garcia Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2024 11:52:17 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 17 Message-ID: <vdh9c4$2qhfd$1@dont-email.me> Reply-To: JAB <here@is.invalid> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2024 18:52:20 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="ae6db29d8f2b5629d5616d4481c2ae71"; logging-data="2967021"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/B/K9UthrWtEsxeCnlB1Rb" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:00OOt+GVotAZ6v5CjbN24nwsPN8= Bytes: 1470 Diego Garcia, a remote island in the Indian Ocean, is a paradise of lush vegetation and white-sand beaches, surrounded by crystal blue waters. But this is no tourist destination. It is strictly out of bounds to most civilians - the site of a highly secretive UK-US military base shrouded for decades in rumour and mystery. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckdg7jjlx2go During Vietnam era, a friend of mine was stationed there...pure paradise. He avoided being drafted so he enlisted as a Seabee, which is a Naval Construction Battalion. A good place to be during Vietnam conflict...