If you have ORDERS to DG, you might want to check these essential sites

Other Peoples' Web Pages About Dodge

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Historical Accounts

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Besides the wealth of information you'll find on this site (ahem!  back-patting!  praise and adoration!),
there are a few other sites that contain info that may be of interest to you BEFORE you arrive!
For you USAF folks - none of their sites are on the NIPRNET.

• CIA World Factbook entry on the BIOT.
• Diego Garcia Online - someone has come up with a cool site, complete with menus and prices at the CDF, Pax Terminal, etc.!  Stuff you want to research before you get there.
• globalsecurity.org's web page about DG - LOTS of info and photos.   Updated regularly.  Really an interesting site.
• COMPSRON TWO (the boys and girls in charge of pre-positioned ships in the Lagoon) official site.
• Naval Support Facility Official Site - Navy Support Facility, Diego Garcia.  Provides the official answers to all your questions!
• Naval Support Facility Official ICE Site - DoD's Interactive Customer Evaluation service.  Rate the facilities and services on DG!  Your responses will be e-mailed to the appropriate facility/service manager to improve the services available to you.   Ed. Note:  Boy are they opening themselves up with this one!!!
• Weather on DG as Reported by NOAA.
• Weather on DG as Reported by Weather Underground.

 

OPWPs  (Other Peoples' Web Pages)
If you've got a DG site, or just a site with some personal info about the place, let me know so we can link up!

Don't forget to check facebook and those kind of sites for Diego Garcia groups!  Click here for one of them.

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• 40th AEW's unofficial home page by Bennie Moore!  The story of bomber ops during Enduring Freedom!
• Atchison, BUCN Dave about his time in the SeaBees - On DGAR in 1976 with the SEABEES OF 133!  See his "going home letter"!
• Behren, Chris website with photos of a box lunch from Diego Garcia.
• Carling, Eli - Has been on DG since 2003, and has GREAT photos on his site.
• Chase, Richard - Was the Public Works Director & the best lead guitaristin Indian Ocean!
• Clark, Joe (JOC) - Watch out, he's a comic book fanatic too.
• Clay, Maggie Mae - A published poet and author!  Photos and poems about DG, plus links to her books.  Want to contribute to "The Book"?  Contact Maggie!
• Clonts, Jim - B-52 Nav-Bomb who was on DG during Desert Storm.  He's written a book about it too that you can order from his web site.
• Ellison, Max - The Infamous Mad Max's own page with lots of WMV great videos from DG in 1996.
• Felhofer, Mark - he was with the Foo Dog deployments back in the 80's and has a great veteran's page.
• Ferri, Mark - NOTE:  WMV files won't open a/o 28 Mar 08.  A bunch of .WMV files from 1988-1989.  Pretty cool.  Also fishing videos at http://www.geocities.com/macichitte/navyfour.html
• Glaab, Tom - has some photos of when he was there (1995 the first time).
• Gonzales, Joel - lots of pictures from 1999.  From a Filipino perspective!
• Ham Radio Club on Diego right now!  Includes a web cam of their clubhouse and a full list of every HAM ever registered out there!
• Hanthorn, Roger & Tess - pages with lots of pictures from his tour in '77-'78.
• Hartlaub, Don - a really good bunch of photos taken in 2004.
• Hasenkamp, Phil - Videos of the island from 2007!
• HASH HOUSE HARRIERS - the Drinking Club with a running problem on DG.
• Hilltop Singers - They did a USO Tour on DG in November 1971.
• Hines, Cathy - NBS on-air personality from 1985!  A LOT of her vidoes on YOUTUBE.  Check them out!!!
• Hughes, Meg - A nice site, but watch out - she's a cop now!!!
• Hoffman, Melita A great tribute to the land of the Southern Cross!
• Irby, Russell - Photos from when he went ashore with UDT 12, before the first wave of SEABEES!  1971!
• Jah Works, the Raegge band visits DG.
• Lawson, Tom - Tom contributed a lot of photos and stories to this site - he was there in 1979 - GO READ HIS PAGES!
• Tom Also has TONS of more recent photos taken by Bob Ralph posted too.
• So check them out on his Webshots site!
• Check out his on-line store for DG T-Shirts, etc.
• He also started 2 DG e-group where people can leave messages and post photos:
• http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Diego_Garcia_BIOT/?yguid=188954506
• http://groups.yahoo.com/group/usnavalstationdiegogarcia/
• JD's page - Some photos.
• Larkowski, Matt - Electronic Warfare Officer on B-52 "Appetite for Destruction" on DG for Operation Southern Watch.
• Leipolds, John Daix - NMCB 5 from 1979.
• Lucarelli, Mike - lots of photos from his tour there in 2001/2002.
• Mann, Douglass photos of DG (and a lot of other cool places) - all copyrighted.
• McGourty, Steve - passes through DG, Christmas, 1980.
• McNew, Matt - He was on DG during Desert Storm!
• Matt, Conrad - account of his stay there as a computer geek in 1997.
• Novak, Mike - www.c141heaven.com's page about his punishment for grafitti - PAINT THE LATRINE!
• Parisi, Paul -  lots of photos from his tour there in '86.
• Permann, Gordon -   Great stories including where the P-3 he was in clips palm trees and jettisons a bombbay load of booze to keep from crashing into the lagoon and another about tracking the Soviet ship MINSK using P-3s from Diego Garcia.
• Reardon, Travis - From Travis 1 Feb 07: "got more pics i'm gonna scan soon hope but heres my start."
• RED TEAM 96 - lots of photos.  Don't know who they are, but they've got good pics.
• Reyes, John - A Chief out there in 2002.
• Rogers, J. David - 5 pics from different periods.
• Rushing, Eric - was there '89-'90.
• Santandrea, John - from early 2006.
• Scott, Jason - a yachtie on the REBEL YELL who managed to spend a month in the lagoon one week.
• Slocum, Jeff - lots of photos.
• Smith, J. R. - some photos (looks like its from the 70s).
• SOULFLOWER - Asia Tour, 2002.  Rock Stars on Drugs take pictures of Diego Garcia!
• Swayne, Steve - My good friend's page of photos from 1982.  These are great!
• Talbot, Joel - lots of pictures from 2004 = 93 pages with 15 pics per page!  Recovering the downed B-1.
• Todd (from ammo) and some cool B-52 pics from 2001.  Check out the Terrorist Hunting License on the BUFF.
• Thompson, Stan - Photos from his tour there in 1976-77.
• USMC Security Forces Unit on Military.com.  If you were there as a Marine you need to check out this site!
• Villanueva, Carl "Vidge" - Vidge contributed a lot of the best photos for this site, and YOU NEED TO CHECK HIS SITE OUT!  Vidge was interviewed by Canadian TV in 2005, but unfortunately, they didn't leave the story on the web very long.  You can read about it on his site, though.
• Wall, Dave - A Brit there in 76-77.  Some really cool pictures!
• Weiser James - an AF guy out there in 2002 - several cool photos.
• Whetzel in Wichita - 10 photos from 05/06.

• BigMac7T's Photo album from 2004.
• Bruce's - A Deep Sea Diver's story about DG.
• David's Site - Diego Garcia in 1973-74 - From one of the original USN stuckees on the Island!  Great with lots of postage stamps from when the Brits had a post office on the island.
• Diego Garcia Online - someone has come up with a cool site, complete with menus and prices at the CDF, Pax Terminal, etc.!  Stuff you want to research before you get there.
• Dude, The -  I think he was there in 1987.  Has an underwater recording of the tsunami!
• George's page about flying C-130s which includes a description of the trips from Thailand to DG in 1972ish.
• Photobucket site with lots of fishing pictures.
• Picasso Jr.'s site - a neat parody of the island.
• Sweatergirl's photos - what a great alias...
• Virtual Tourist - 77 photos by various folks.
• Yachties Jeff, Bill and Alex invade BIOT - be sure to check out their pictures of the "outer islands".
• zdpka's photos from 2003.
• xpistina00 at Tripod - looks like a fairly cute girl!
• ?????, with great pictures, but I don't know who's it is!
• ????? - some photos.
• ????? - 7 small photos.

NOTE:  From here on down, I don't bother checking whether they are active links or not.
If you want to let me know of something I should add, change or delete, please contact me.

Nature Study Merit Badge Selections:

• Algaes of Diego Garcia!
• Bibliography of Scientific References to the Chagos Archipelago.
• Chagos Conservation Trust - If you are serious about protecting the wonderful environement of our favorite island and the rest of the archipelago, with out going too Greenie-Weenie, go to this site and read all about the CCT! They aren't web heavy yet, but there is a POC and address.  JOIN TODAY!
• Charles Darwin's 1842 book on Coral Reefs, in which he describes Diego Garcia from reports by Captain Robert Moresby.
• Charles Sheppard's Bibliography - Diego's own modern era naturalist is no slouch!  Director of Warwick University's Marine Environmental Research.  Check him out!
• Conservation Forum Report of the UK Overseas Territories (UKOTCF) - BIOT Working Group for 1997-1998.
• Contact the Administrator of the BIOT:  C/O Foreign and Commonwealth Office; London SW1; Tel: 0044 207 270 2890.
• Coral Mortality on the reefs - 1998.  A paper by Charles Sheppard.
• Coral Reef  of Diego Garcia - a .pdf file from University of California.
• Earthwatch (the UN's environmental assessment outfit) summary of Diego's ecology.
• Fishery Protection Zone around the BIOT.
• Geology of Diego Garcia - an abstract of the book by Heiss & Eisenhaeur, 1997.
• GLOSS station, Diego Garcia - The station on DG that measures Sea Level (over time) - fascinating how they do it!  From the British Oceanographic Data Center.
• JNCC - Joint NatureConservation Committee - the advisor to the UK Government about environmental affairs.  Read their .pdf file about the Chagos.  Must reading for any aspiring environmentalist!
• Mollusks of the Chagos!  Find your favorite seashell!
• National Geographic wants you to walk on the beach on DG!  Seriously!  "Anyone interested in contributing data to the ongoing study by conducting simple surveys of shore debris should contact David Barnes at: dkab@bas.ac.uk. He is particularly interested in data from the following islands: ...Chagos..."
• Nature Books and Pamphlets for Sale:  From the Chagos Conservation Trust... Want a nice set of coffee-table booklets on your favorite tropical paradise?  Go here and buy them direct...  Also, they've got a great CD with lots of cool pictures, and they also sell "Peak of Limuria".
• Naval Support Facility Conservation Award Submission, 2001.  They really try to keep the place tidy.
• NOAA GEODESY Site with photos of Diego, 1968.
• Nudibranchs - our slimy ocean friends.
• Painting of a "Giant Crab" on DG - funny, all the ones I saw were red, not blue...
• Reefbase.org's page about Diego's reef.
• RV KNORR Cruise Report on it's participation in the IO for the World Ocean Circulation Experiment, Dec. 95 - Jan. 96.
• Seismic recorder installed by UCSD in 2004.
• UK Paper on Diego Garcia's ecology - really a good one.
• UN EARTHWATCH Site on the Islands of Chagos Archipelago (Brit Indian Oc Terr), including Diego.
• Water and Sewage - a really good description of DG's water and sewage system, 1999.
• Weather on DG as Reported by METOC.
• Weather on DG as Reported by NOAA.
• Weather on DG as Reported by Weather Underground.
• Weather on DG - Tropical Cyclone Strike Preditions for DG.
• Weather on DG - Current Cyclonic Maps by the National Weather Service Climate Predition Service.
• Whale Sanctuary in the IO - a report from aboard the ODYSSEY in the BIOT, 2002.
• World Atlas of Coral Reefs - Diego Garcia and the Chagos.  A .pdf document.

• 1952 Survey of DG for an RAF base.
• 40th AEW Right Start Guide.  A MUST for anyone going out.  They even used my map of downtown (with the real names).
• American Amphibious Force Association - Ever stormed ashore or driven the boat that made it possible?  Check out the GATORFORCE!
• AMERICAN CORMORANT, everybody's favorite ship in the lagoon, moves to the UK and participates in OPERATION BIG RED '99.
• Australian Air Force defends DG - Operation Slipper - during OEF.
• Another page about it...
• Australian Air Force F-18s return home after defending Diego Garcia during Enduring Freedom!
• Australian artist Peter Churcher paints Diego Garcia scenes during 2002 for the Australian War Memorial.
• Australian Battalion passes through en route to Somalia in 1992, and crams 17 weeks of drinking into one night.
• Australian Newpaper discovers that Australian sailors drink alcohol!  2 Years later, so does the Washington Times!
• Australian Union organization's interview with a former U.S. P-3 crewman who was there in 1981.
• US Air Force Bomber Operations from Diego Garcia in the 1990s until today:
• 28th Air Expeditionary Wing - an article in the Stars and Stripes, 6 Nov 2001.
• B-1 Crashes during ENDURING FREEDOM - the telephone interview with the crew and rescuers.
• B-2 Operations from DG, on invisible-defenders.org.
• B-2 Operations from DG during OPERTION IRAQI FREEDOM - lots of photos, but it's a 5mb .pdf and takes a LONG time to download.
• B-52 Operations from Diego during Desert Storm by Jim Clonts.  Some really great stuff.  He's writing a book too!
• B-52 Photos on DGar (From the Stratofortress Association Web Site).
• First Female B-2 Combat Pilot does it from DG.
• Global Security's page about the 40th AEW on DG.
• C-5 used as AIREVAC from DG to Clark AB, 1979.
• CAG5 from the USS Midway bombs Diego Garcia!  From Buzz's great pages about the USS Midway.  See strike photos.  No shit!
• CIA World Factbook entry on the BIOT.
• Defense Visual Information Center - TONS of photos of DG through the years - just enter "Diego Garcia" in the search window!
• Desert Storm Operations from DG.
• Det 2, 18th Space Surveillance Wing - GEODSS - what used to be Det 4, 1st Space Wing - the Space Commandos!
• Det 2, 22nd Space Operations Squadron - "REEF" GPS Warriors.
• EARNEST WILL - the book about the very first US combat in the Persian Gulf in 1987.
• ENDURING FREEDOM - the Air War day-by-day.  Target lists, maps, bombers, etc.
• FAS.org's photos and story of the prepositioned ships in the lagoon.
• Fleet Hospital 5 deploys from Diego Garcia for Jabail, Saudi Arabia during DESERT SHIELD.
• Flight Information Publications - Plan your next flight to Diego Garcia!  Click on the Pacific/Australasia/Antarctica sections!
• GEODSSon DG.
• globalsecurity.orgWeb page about DG - LOTS of info and photos.   Updated regularly.  Really an interesting site.
• Go to Diego, Get a Medal.  Maybe you qualify!
• HM-16 and the Iranian Hostage Rescue Attempt - they were on DG on the way north with the NIMITZ, April 1980.
• Iranian Hostage Rescue Mission April 1980 and DG.  A couple of aerial photos of DG at the time on mid-page at this site.
• Japanese Invade DG - After 60 years of trying, looks like they'll finally get there - Stars & Stripes Nov. 01.
• Marine Barracks, Diego Garcia!
• MARSGATE's photo of the original MARS station sign.
• Military Sealift Command installs Godzilla - a new lighthouse for the entry to the lagoon!
• N46 - the top secret CINCPACFLT unit that runs DG (but secretly!).
• Naval Party 1002 - the British unit on DG - a too short and incomplete page about them.
• Naval Security Group Department, BIOT.
• Naval Support Facility earns Meritorious Unit Citation from the Secretary of the Navy for Enduring Freedom!
• Naval Support Facility Official Site - Navy Support Facility, Diego Garcia.  Provides the official answers to all your questions!
• NAVCOMTELSTA DIEGO GARCIA - Naval Communications and Telephone Station - Part of the Navy's Best-Kept Secret - look close, they're using one of my sunset photos !  But I forgive them.
• New Zealand sends her crack SAS troops to defend DG against the Afghani Navy.
• Order of Battle on DG from Military City.com.
• Order of Battle Southwest Asian campaigns, 1991 - 2003.  DG has been used regularly to defend freedom and defeat the terrorist bastards of the region.
• Prepositioned Ships of Tuna Hunter Lagoon!   I'll bet you didn't know there were three kinds!
• Begin - find the facts and photos here!
• COMPSRON TWO (the boys and girls in charge of pre-positioned ships in the Lagoon) official site.
• Combat Prepositioned Ships - the 3 ships that carry enough stuff for an Army Heavy Brigade.
• Logistics Prepositioned Ships - the 5 ships that carry bombs, jet fuel, and a hospital.
• Maritime Prepositioned Ships - the 7 ship that carry an entire MEB worth of gear to combat.
• MV AMERICAN CORMORANT - the most conspicuous ship in the Lagoon from 1985-2001.  We'll miss you, CORM.
• Sealift links to everything you ever wanted to know about the reason the ships are in the Lagoon.
• SS CHESAPEAKE (T-AOT 5084) Common User Tanker - She's in the lagoon, and ready for action!
• Strategic Sealift - one of the main reasons the base at DG exists (despite whatever else I might say about bombers).
• SEABEE History site with info about their build up of DG in the 70's & 80's.
• Small Boat Basin diagram.
• SR-71 Operations on DG 1978-1979.
• Stars and Stripes - "Gilligan's Island With Guns" article about DG and this web site on Oct. 10, 2001 (by Ward Sanderson).
• Stars and Stripes - "Prepared for Action, Diego Garcia Suddenly in the Spotlight" article from November 6, 2001.
• Underwater Construction Teams - SEABEES who don't work on land - they helped get DG ready in 1971.
• USMC Units deployed as part of Operation Desert Shield/Storm.
• US Naval History of DG in Desert Storm & the Role of DG.
• USNS COMFORT crew gets liberty on DG in Feb 2003.  That link is on this server - see the orginal here.  By the way, we should thank God that the COMFORT was not needed during the war.
• USS CINCINNATI (SSN-693) visits DG in 1981.
• USS CINCINNATI - and the escape from DG on 4 Jul 81.
• USS DAHLGREN DDG-43 visits DG.
• USS LOS ANGELES (SSN-688) visits DG in 1979.
• Another page about the LA's visit.
• USS SEAHORSE Visits DG - Great pic of the USS PROTEUS too.
• USS VERNON COUNTY (LST 1161) visits Diego - actually, she got there first! Go check out Gerold Ricks' page about the VERNON!
• VERTREP at DG by USS MIDWAY, 1989.  Just before one of her F-18s dropped a bomb on the USS REEVES.
• VP-8 at Diego Garcia (lots and lots of photos).
• VRC-50 Det Diego Garcia (part of their larger site).
• Wet Air Force Parachutes on Diego Garcia... hmmmmm... don't they know it rains there ALL THE FREAKING TIME?

• Australian Battalion passes through en route to Somalia in 1992, and crams 17 weeks of drinking into one night.
• Australian Newpaper discovers that Australian sailors drink alcohol!
• -- 2 Years later, so does the Washington Times!
• Australian Union organization's interview with a former U.S. P-3 crewman who was there in 1981.
• Animal Planet (the band, not the Cable TV station) does DG in Dec. 2000.
• Bike Trails of Diego Garcia...Bet you didn't know there were such things!
• California Girls invade DG - Dec 27, 2001 - Jan 4, 2002!  One heck of a New Year's Eve Party... California Girls at War!
• Central Texas College DG campus.
• Center for Disease Control's risk assessment of DG - ITS THE MOST HEALTHY PLACE ON EARTH!
• Cheap Whiskey - The World's Most Famous Biker Band plays DG, 1995.
• CHICOM/Hong Kong Travel Page for Travel to Diego Garcia.
• Coasters Harbor Navy Yacht Club tries to help out the DGYC!
• Coconut Places Review of the BIOT - a Very Interesting Site.
• Commando Raid on Diego Garcia - A Game.
• Critical Review of the food at the Seaman's Club!
• Diego Garcia - Drink-o-Matic's recipe - sounds like a pretty good drink for the island!
• Diego Garcia Swingers and Sex Club - really?
• Disease Risk Assessment Profile (DISRAP) For Diego Garcia.
• Drew Carey does the USO thing, 2003.
• Fair Warning - the band does DG.  Includes a slide show of their gig on the island.
• Fishing for Black Marlin, 2003.
• Galley Ratings for US Navy OCONUS mess halls... So why isn't DG 5 star?
• Ghost Story from DG TV Studio!
• Great White (the band, not the shark) tours DG.
• Golf Course rating - DG's own is rated by CNNSI as one of the worst in the world! What do they know?
• Half-Iron Man Triathalon on DG, August 2001.
• Ham Radio Club on Diego right now!  Includes a web cam of their clubhouse and a full list of every HAM ever registered out there!
• Hello Dave (the band) does DG December 2002.
• Interview with the Author of this Web Site which aired on National Public Radio 10/13/10.  You can also listen to the interview right from that page!
• JAG goes to DG - a "FANFIC" fictional account using characters of the fictional TV series.
• License Plates of Diego Garcia.
• Marriage Prohibitions on Diego - no wonder there is so much wanton sex and lasciviousness out there...
• MAXIM on line story about the 2nd Battalion 187th Infantry 81 mm Mortar Platoon's passing through DG en route to Afghanistan.
• Native American Nature Walk on DG!
• Naval Support Facility Official ICE Site - DoD's Interactive Customer Evaluation service.  Rate the facilities and services on DG!  Your responses will be e-mailed to the appropriate facility/service manager to improve the services available to you.   Ed. Note:  Boy are they opening themselves up with this one!!!
• Navy Bachelor Housing Site - Find out how many people you'll be sharing your room with!
• Navy Bachelor Housing wins the prestigious "Silver Pinapple" award from the American Hotel and Motel Association, 1998.  When will they win again?
• Niki Bar and her band do DG, March 11, 2003.
• Perini Corporation - they built the AF Tent City and some other stuff on DG - a photo about half way down the page.
• Radio Heritage site about radio DXing DG!
• Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame gets the flag presented to the band "America" during its December, 2001 tour of Dodge!
• SEAMAN'S CLUB - Contact them at:  United Seamen's Service, Tel: +246 370 2878; Fax: +246 370 3927; E-mail: ussdg@cwnetdg.io
• SportsExpressions - Meet the people who built the Half Time Sports Bar on DGAR.
• Stars and Stripes article about off-duty time on DG, Nov. 24, 2001.
• Telesleaze invades the phone lines on Dodge!  Check out Linc Madison's site on this fascinating subject.
• Voices of Rock head for DG - 2003.
• Warren Carter's Singapore - Warren was on DG 3 times, and retired to Singapore.  Although his site doesn't have any DG info, if you are interested in communicating with someone who live the expat lifestyle to the fullest, you need to see his site.
• World Wrestling Association gets stuck on DG for 2 weeks.  See pictures of the wrestlers.
• The DG Yacht Club's Own Site!

• Amateur Radio Operator Raoul Thomas (VQ8AD) sets up a radio station on DG during WWII to relay info on enemy shipping to British authorities.
• Bernard Moitessiere shipwrecks on DG in 1952 while sailing across the IO solo.
• Biography of Archibald Blair, the British East India Company surveyor who made the first accurate map of Diego Garcia in 1786.
• British East India Company account which includes some details of Moresby's Expedition to Diego in 1837.
• Chagossian Health and Mortality Report, 1877 - 1972 In .pdf format.
• Charles Darwin's 1842 book on Coral Reefs, in which he describes Diego Garcia from reports by Captain Robert Moresby.
• Commissioners of the BIOT - a historical list of the governors from the UK.
• Diego Garcia - the man behind the myth!  He really existed, and he just may have discovered our favorite island.
• Dutch warship ADMIRAAL EVERTSEN ship wrecks on Diego Garcia, 1819.
• Father Dussercle's Story.  All about the priest who tried to save Diego for the Holy Roman Church 1933-1945.  In French (have your translation program handy).
• History of Postal Service to Diego Garcia!
• History of slavery in the Chagos - in French.
• John Rankin's story of PBY ops in the IO from RAF Gan.
• Marcel Moulinine was the last manager of the plantation.  He's still around, and you can find an email address for him here...
• PBY-2 GUBA 2 flying over Diego Garcia in 1939 - a painting you can buy for a mere $3,200!
• Postage Stamp showing the SS ZAMBEZIA, which was the supply ship for Diego Garcia from 1934-1951.
• RAF 222 Group - a brief history of operations in the IO during WWII.
• Roy, a sailer on the HMAS PIONEER, visits DG in 1914.
• Royal Dutch Navy had a PBY Detachment at DG off and on from 1942-1945.
• SS SAMUEL HEINTZELMAN - story of the sinking in 1943.  Her wreckage washed ashore on DG 2 months later.
• Thomas Marsh's Diary which contains his trip to Dodge in July 1886 - that's right - eighteen 86 - see page 19.

• 60 Minutes.  The CBS (US) news program repeats the tired mythology of the Chagossians as orchestrated by Oliver Bancoult.
• Bizarre Email to the Virtual World Orchestra about DG.
• Brookings Institute Chicken Little Report on Nukes in Your Backyard.
• Chagos Refugee Group - headed by Oliver Bancoult.  This group wants the Chagos turned over to Mauritius.  "The organization works to promote awareness and recognition of the situation of the Chagossiam people as well as improving the social and economic situation of its members living in exile in Mauritius and Seychelles.  The organization worked towards its goals by pursuing legal action in the US and the UK, seeking to win recognition of the right of the Chagossian people to return to their homeland. At the same time it offers assistance to and cultural activities for Chagossians in exile.  This is the group that sued the US for genocide and $10 billion dollars.  They lost.
• Chagossian Society Home Page  This is a Swiss organization dedicated to the Ilois/Chagossians, and is the mouthpiece of  Bancoult's Chagos Refugee Group.  The site is in French AND English.
• Clinton Administration's Secretary of State Madelein Albright  statement on DG vs. Mauritius - December 2000.  "I think it's important to understand that the legal aspects of this discussion are between the United Kingdom and Mauritius and not between the United States and Mauritius."
• Diego Garcian Society - headed by Dr. Allen Vicatassin.  Dedicated to resettling Chagossians in the U.K., with the ultimate goal of returning to the Chagos as productive U.K. citizens.  As of August 2007, he's already saved over 1,000 Chagossians from the poverty of Mauritian slums.
• Green Party of the UK - their Manifesto originally read: "FP809 Renounce all agreements which allow the USA to hold military bases in the Dependencies: a) British Indian Ocean Territory: The base on Diego Garcia to be closed and sovereignty of BIOT to be settled between Mauritius and the Seychelles."   In 2001, they changed it to:  "Paragraph FP809 contains old and unduly specific policies on particular US and South African bases in dependent territories, and fails to take account of later developments. In particular, it fails to recognise the recent successful action in the Courts on behalf of former residents of the British Indian Ocean Territory, displaced for the US base at Diego Garcia. Rather than update the MfSS with more detailed policies, a more general approach is appropriate, reflecting our opposition to foreign military bases in the UK. Replace the old FP809 with new paragraph:

"FP810 The Green Party is opposed to the use for foreign military bases of dependent territories for which the UK has responsibility. The UK should end such current use by foreign countries, and should enter into no further agreements for such use."
• Ilois Trust.org - "It is the intention of the site to raise global awareness of the struggles that the population of the islands face, and those currently living in Crawley, England as they battle the UK Government for their right to reclaim their homeland and return home.."  Includes a politicized history by David Vine (see link below).
• Ilois Welfare Fund. - Mauritian government agency with the following objectives:   (a)  to advance and promote the welfare of the members of the Ilois  community and their descendants in Mauritius;  (b)  to develop programmes and projects for the total integration of the members of the Ilois community and their descendants into the island of Mauritius;  (c)  to take over and manage the assets, and discharge the liabilities of the Ilois Trust Fund which have been transferred to it under the Ilois Welfare Fund Act 1999, and to manage and apply the immovable property and funds vested in it to further the social and economic welfare of members of the Ilois community and their descendants in Mauritius;  (d) to maintain and manage the Ilois community centres of Pointe aux Sables and Tombeau Bay and other community facilities vested in it for the benefit of the members of the Ilois community and their descendants.
• "Island Vulnerability" - This site "explores the challenges which isolated geographies face when dealing with risk and disasters by examining the processes which create, maintain, and could be used to reduce their vulnerability."  In the evaluation of the BIOT, Ilan Kelman, basically repeats other diatribes against the Brits and US, and states that the "current overriding  vulnerability" of the islands is "time" because it has the power to cause the exiled Chagossians to lose forever their knowledge for, and interest in, living on their rightful home of the Chagos Archipelago. He and I have communicated, and his questions to me and my response are on his website.
• Letter to the Editor of the Guardian.  Finally, someone else has seen through the veil so artfully displayed by the government of Mauritius.  Since it will probably dissappear with time, I'll reprint it here:  "Duncan Campbell only touched on the factor that is complicating the resettlement of "les Ilois", namely Mauritius's territorial claim to the Chagos Islands (Law lords hold key to islanders' dream of return to paradise, May 12). For decades Mauritian politicians showed little interest in either the plight of the Chagossians or the islands themselves, because until recently they appeared to have little value - except, of course, as a giant aircraft carrier for the USAF.  The current upsurge of enthusiasm for reclaiming what Mauritius considers its territory has not been prompted by concern for the plight of the displaced islanders but rather the prospect of exploiting the seas around them to feed the processing plants of its Port Louis "Seafood Hub". Once again, it seems, the Chagossians are simply being used as pawns in a bigger game where the prize is political and economic dominance of the Indian Ocean region.  SG Spark  London"
• New York anthropologist David Vine spends two weeks amongst the Chagossians in the Seychelles, discovers that they are doing fine, and leaves in disgust since the evidence didn't support his theory.
• President Ford's Cabinet discusses the need for DG development to counter the Soviets in Berbera, 16 Jul 1975.
• "Stealing A Nation" - You'll need high speed to watch this - it's an entire movie.  John Pilger's stunning political commentary of the Chagossian Expulsion from Diego Garcia.  Absolutely fascinating.  Of course, since Mr. Pilger has decided to be overtly political, I will be too - this is a very one sided presentation.  But brilliant and tear-jerking.
• Time Line from the left.  Lots of interesting info, but oriented against US military use of the Island.
• UK Chagos Support Association.  "In the 1960s and 70s, Britain secretly and illegally threw the Chagos islanders off their islands, to make way for a US military base. Four decades on their fight jor justice continues."   Etc.
• Warwick University Speech given by Richard Gifford in 2004.  Gifford was/is the Chagossians' lawyer.  Some interesting insights into the cases brought before UK courts, although it perpetuates some of the now-debunked myths of the clearances.
• World Socialism.org's history of DG "Dirty Work in the Indian Ocean". VERY heavy on the left side, but a lot of apparently factual facts.  And of course, they hate Americans.

• AFRTS - Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (Pronounced "A - Farts").
• Airfield Data.
• British Ministry of Defense - For a Little Country, They've Got a Pretty Good Bunch of Professionals in Their Military!
• "Brit Link" - All about the UK's overseas territories.  Has a site about DG, mostly with lots of links copied directly from this list!
• Cable and Wireless (the main company's home page).
• Cable and Wireless' Diego Garcia Home Page (the Pay and Pay and Pay Phone Company - if my good friend Brian Mendham, the station manager when I was there, or Mike Fleming, the current station manager, read this, the name is just a joke.  You guys really were a good phone company - and more reliable than the AUTOVON).
• C&W Phone Cards for sale to collectors.
• Center for Disease Control's risk assessment of DG - ITS THE HEALTHIEST PLACE ON EARTH!
• Coconut Places Review of the BIOT - a Very Interesting Site.
• Commando Raid on Diego Garcia - A Game.
• Dead dogs of Diego - Every wonder why there aren't any dogs out there?  Let a greenie tell you how the SEABEES cooked them all!
• Disease Risk Assessment Profile (DISRAP) For Diego Garcia.
• Electrical Currents reverse the corrosion of the rebar in the POL Pier - new technology saves $27 million in reconstruction costs.
• Hash House Harriers World-wide home page - they don't have a DG site, but there were lots of HHHs there.
• Indian Ocean Books - Larry Bowman's site where you can buy (or sell) books, prints, and maps about the IO, including Diego Garcia.
• "Information Please" Fact Book.
• Internet comes to DG - 1994.
• JAG goes to DG - a "FANFIC" fictional account using characters of the fictional TV series.
• Jimsladeairlines.com - a couple pictures of B-52s and B-2s on DG.
• JNB Distributors - owned and operated by Jean-Noel "John" Bridiane, who was on DG as a contractor in the 1990s.  The company is involved in the "agronomic cultivation of vanilla, saffron, ginger and other general merchandise in Mauritius, Seychelles and Malagasy for exportation to America and sells to wholesalers on the International Market."  John has been working hard to improve his business and the welfare of the Chagossians too!  Look it over.  I like his attitude and his drive.  If you are ever in Mauritius, please look him up and tell him hello from me!
• new 18 Feb 08!  Johnny B's Music.  John Bridiane, a Chagossian who worked on Diego Garcia in the late 1990s has an cut a couple albums!  It's on My Space, and takes a while to download, but it's worth hearing, and you should buy it!
• Laurie Kilmartin's Home Page - She's the comedian who entertained the troops during DESERT STORM.
• LST Homepage - Dirk Brower's site dedicated to the ships and men that put the Navy ashore on DG!
•   And another LST page - Pete Reenstra's site.
• Mythical Airline that has a "contract" to fly troops to DG.
• NASA's Island Photos (this link goes direct to their DG photo).
• Pacific Stars and Stripes - The only paper available - Very Welcome, but it was always a week late.
• Postage Stamps - photos of postmarks, envelopes, stamps, etc.
• Postage Stamps - thumbnails of all BIOT stamps issued since 1990.
• Postage Stamps of bugs from the BIOT - for sale.
• Postage Stamps of BIOT FOR SALE by the The Crown Agents for Overseas Governments and Administrations Ltd.
• The Postmaster General of the BIOT - buy your souvenier stamps here!
• RAF Gan Homepage - The Brit Base 400 miles north of DG - sure it closed in 1976, but its alive and well here!
• Royal Dog Butt Yachties invade DG.
• Run the Planet - your guide to where to run on Diego Garcia.
• Souvenir Pin you can actually BUY - with the American and BIOT Flags!
• Royal Australian Navy Home -  They had a RANLO on the Island at various times.
• Royal Marines - the toughest bunch of men I ever ran across.
• Royal Navy Home Page - a bunch of serious folks - they're not slouches - remember, they got Nukes too!
• Shackleton Association - dedicated to "The Gray Lady".  They flew by DG pretty often once upon a time!
• Signal Flags - The USN has used flags to pass messages - this site lets you translate text to flag signals - nifty!
• Shipwrecks - base yourself on DG and search for these Spanish and Portugese treasure ships wrecked in the Chagos!
• Time.com's 1998 article on Dodge.
• Travelers' Century Club visits the BIOT 7/18/02 - an organization dedicated to World Peace through tourism!  You gotta love that job!
• US Air Force Official Home Page.
• US Air Force Official Photo Page of Operation "Enduring Freedom" - may or may not include DG photos.
• US Navy Official Photo Page of Operation "Enduring Freedom" - may or may not include DG photos.
• USS - The United Seaman's Service - like the USO for merchant sailors - They had the Seaman's Club on DG.
• Viet Nam Era Seabees Association!  The early Diegonians fit the bill!  Check it out.
• "VP Shipmates" - Kind of an E-Mail Address Book for P-3 Crews.
• Web Site Devoted to C-141s. Put together by the guys & girls from my old Squadron - the 4th MAS.
• Yachties invade the BIOT.
• - and another.
• - and yet another.
• Yachties' web site on how to cruise the Chagos and sail into Diego.

There are also several other contractors for various other organizations.  The USAF has a couple.  Unfortunately, I think they're afraid of advertising (which is a free public service) on this web site...  Chickens... buck buck buck buck-keeb...

"The Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) awarded DG21 LLC the firm-fixed-price, indefinite-quantity with award-fee/award-option contract on July 6, 2006 to provide Base Operation Support (BOS) services at Diego Garcia in support of its mission as a forward, logistic support base.  The contract has a total estimated value of over $455 million.  If all options are exercised, the contract will be set to expire in July 2016.

DG21 will provide the following BOS services, but not limited to:

General Management and Administration Services

Command and Staff (Information Technology Services, Information Technology Support and Management, Telephone Services, Telecommunication Services, Antenna Maintenance; Public Safety (Fire and Emergency Services/Safety & Security)

Air Operations (Ground Electronics, Airfield Facilities, and Passenger Terminal and Cargo Handling); Port Operations; Supply (Supply Services and POL Management and Operations)

Morale, Welfare and Recreation Support

Facilities Support (Facility Management, Facility Investment, Janitorial, Pest Control, Refuse Collection and Recycling, Grounds Maintenance, and Street Sweeping)

Utilities (Electrical, Wastewater, Steam, Hot Water and Demineralized Water, and Water)

Base Support Vehicles and Equipment"

PHILADELPHIA, PA, July 18, 2006…Day & Zimmermann announced today that its joint venture, DG21, will remain as the provider of base operations services for the Navy Support Facility, Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory.

DG21 has successfully provided base operations services in Diego Garcia for more than seven years and, if all contract options are exercised, will continue to provide this support under the renewal contract for the next ten years.  With more than 1700 employees devoted to the project, DG21 provides vital services to the Navy in Diego Garcia, including facilities operation, maintenance and management, engineering and construction, transportation and fleet services, communications systems, aircraft ground support equipment maintenance, food services and other infrastructure support.

"Diego Garcia plays a key role in support of the global war on terrorism," says Bill Holmes, President of Day & Zimmermann's Munitions and Defense operating unit.  "The employees, management and shareholders of DG21 look forward to continuing our service to the Navy as they engage in some of the most demanding mission challenges in the modern era."

The principal members of DG21 LLC include DS2, a Day & Zimmermann joint venture with Lockheed Martin, First Support Services and W.S. Atkins.

About DG21
DG21 unites the expertise of DS2, First Support Services and W.S. Atkins to provide unique support to the Navy mission in Diego Garcia.  It has supported the Navy, Air Force, British Government, and other customers on Diego Garcia during the post 9/11 period in missions throughout the Indian Ocean theatre.

About Day & Zimmermann
Day & Zimmermann accelerates customer success by delivering reliable managed services, including government and defense services, power plant maintenance and modification, staffing, engineering, validation and field services, as well as security services. With $1.3 billion in revenues, the Day & Zimmermann family of companies employs 20,000 professionals and is ranked as one of the largest private companies in America by Forbes.  Founded in 1901 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pa., Day & Zimmermann is a former winner of the U.S. National Family Business of the Year Award.

 

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You Can't Get There From Here....Too bad, how sad.
You could TRY by contacting the Administrator of the BIOT, but you won't have any luck...
 C/O Foreign and Commonwealth Office; London SW1; Tel: 0044 207 270 2890.

If you've got your own yacht, you can get close & stop in at one of the atolls NW of DG.  Here're the new rules (a/o 2007):

Headquarters British Forces
British Indian Ocean Territory
Diego Garcia
BFPO 485

NOTICE TO ALL MARINERS OF THE NEW PROCEDURES WITHIN THE BIOT

As of 1 January 2007 anyone wishing to visit the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) by yacht will need to apply for a permit in advance from the British Indian Ocean Territory Administration (BIOTA) in London. e-mail: mailto:BIOTAdmin@fco.gov.uk The mooring fee will also be increased from USD $ 100 for 3 months to GBP Pound 500 for 1 month, payable in advance.

On receipt of a request for a permit (sent by email, Fax or post) a Visit Permit Request form will be sent. Once the completed form and mooring fee (by bank transfer) have been received by the BIOTA office a Permit, Laws & Guidance for Visitors and maps and co-ordinates showing where yachts may be moored will be issued.

Please note, that under BIOT law any person who enters the Territory, including its 3 mile wide territorial waters, without a permit is liable to imprisonment for up to 3 Years and/or a fine up to 3000 Pound.

Mariners are also reminded that BIOT Customs will be enforcing British India Ocean Territory "The Imports and Exports Control Ordinance 1984" and "The misuse of drugs Ordinance No5 of 1992". The BIOT Drug dog will be deployed on future BIOT Patrols of the area. You are reminded that any breach of these ordinances may result in a fine or imprisonment.

D G Howard
British Representative
British Indian Ocean Territory
Fax: +44(0)20 7008 1589
Tel: +44(0)20 7008 2961 or 2890
Address:
British Indian Ocean Territory Administration
King Charles street
London SW1A2AH