Re: Any news about Diego Garcia?

[Jeffrey Lyon <jeffrey.lyon () gmail com>]

JC,

You're correct, it is completely off topic. I still had my head stuck
in military discussions and subconciously carried it over to NANOG, my
mistake and apologies.

Best regards, Jeff


On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 23:03:38 -0800, JC Dill <lists05 () equinephotoart com> wrote:
> Jeffrey Lyon wrote:
>
> > Interesting you should ask, this just came up earlier today. Check out
> > the "Navy General Discussions" subforum at military.com, i'm sure the
> > discussion has expanded beyond the one or two inquiries that earlier.
> Is this on-topic for the North American Network Operators Group?  If
> not, why are you posting to NANOG???  And I don't understand why neither
> of you STFW before posting/replying.  A quick search at news.google.com
> found this:
>
> <http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200412/s1273118.htm>
>
> <quote>
>
> Deigo Garcia military base unaffected by tsunamis
>
> The key United States military base in the Indian Ocean has been
> unaffected by the tsunamis which have devastated parts of Asia, The
> Washington Post has reported.
>
> Diego Garcia, a British territory about 1,500 kilometres south of India,
> hosts about 3,200 US military personnel and civilian contractors and
> many US long-range bombers and Navy ships.
>
> Lieutenant Colonel Bill Bigelow, a spokesman for US Pacific Command in
> Hawaii told the newspaper the US base was apparently safe.
>
> "There are no reports of any damage there," Lt Col Bigelow said.
>
> </quote>
>
>
> jc


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