The sights of Diego Garcia 1/2009

[k4jdp]

Too bad you didn't show how our US tax dollars are being spent by including the bases there. Yes, I know they're CLASSIFIED!!

[cardboardcitztv]

Cardboard Citizens have taken a keen interest in the Chagosian struggle over the years, and have now delved into the history through theatre. Written with personal testimonies of those who lived through the struggle, we are performing in February/March in London this year...youtube.com/watch?v=qxk­uZ47T1h8

[Myuzishin]

I did a few deployments there in the early 80s, and was stationed there in '86-88. That pier wasn't even there then. First time I was there we lived in a tin/wood quansit hut in Splinterville. I was also there for the '83 earthquake (6.6 according to USGS, but they clocked it at the time to be 7.2). When I was stationed there they had just finished the barracks up by Cannon Point. Used to hang out at the ExPat club on the ocean side, even tho we weren't supposed to. Awesome place. I'd go back.

[MrEthekyaa]

America is an empire, not a republic.

[777pusher]

Were you ever on the YoYo (USS Yosemite)? Just thought there might be a connection there. I served on her and spent 1999 on DG. Great NAVY days indeed!! - Cool pics!!!

[TheSixuanxuan]

reminds me of my trip early march 2009, very nice island and great experience of taking C-17 from paya lebar airbase!

[pollaris29]

get the fuck out of this island you thieves

[bo7451]

Great views! I missed Diego Garcia.....very beautiful place. Good thing it's still maintained as such.

[stitch16261]

when was this filmed? and what branch of the Military were you in?

[stephenpyx]

I wonder if Hector is still swimming in the lagoon? Maybe one of his descendants. The creator of the video got lucky to see the other side of the island. When I was there I wanted to see it but it was off limits. Only place I could go was Cannon point. Boy that place has changed. I really enjoyed listening to the history of the island.

[DarwinsFriend]

"Diego Garcia had no permanent inhabitants when discovered by the Spanish explorer Diego García de Moguer in the 16th century and remained so until settled as a French colony in 1793."

Don't care if they had people living there afterward. U.S. Military needs outweighs any "native" concerns or inhabitants therein. It's always been that way and will always remain so. My country needs to be able to hit Asia in a timely manner and "correct those that require correction." End of Story.

[Barox213]

@DarwinsFriend Sure you're not a war strategist. Don't you remember Pearl Harbor or do you think that Asia will go the long way to attack the United States. It's easier for them to hit the west coast, this would be too evident the other way. Diego Garcia is used to police the middle east just as Israel to keep an eye on the oil. Australia and Asia are far better places to keep an eye on Asia, they got more ground to operate on. You need some "correction", it seems.

[Barox213]

@DarwinsFriend Since 1945 they got bases on Japan territory, and it was used in vietnam war. Don't try to fool people with your false assumptions, even if they would try to go trough europe there would be more and more bases to get over. Diego Garcia is designed to set up operations(secret or official) against the middle east, like it or not. So there are two choices, you are clueless or you try to be deceptive. Just wear the hat that suits you the most.

[DarwinsFriend]

@Barox213 ... Since 1945 they got bases on Japan territory, and it was used in vietnam war...

Been to Japan? Lived there? Seen the civilian protests against our bases in Okinawa-ken prefecture? No? Then STFU - you're speaking from your anus. Diego Garcia and Guam are the future of forward projection of power - in the air - in Asia. Six Boomer slots were just completed last year in Guam and those aren't for glass bottom boats for the tourists, Chumley.

Maximum FAIL by a sniveling cunt.

[Barox213]

@DarwinsFriend So now to make your point, US cares about civilian protests. As i know there are bases in S. Korea, Thailand, Phillipines and Australia, isn't that much near Asia? It's been 50 years since China needs to be corrected about invading Tibet but nothing has been done, the UN ignored their SOS. In the 80's Us fought with Russia in Afghanistan for oil and never stopped fighting for it. There is no Asia that needs to be corrected, they are surrounded.

[DarwinsFriend]

@Barox213 ... As i know there are bases in S. Korea, Thailand, Phillipines ...

The Philippines? WTF? On September 13, 1991, the Philippine Senate rejected the ratification of the treaty to renew the USN's presence in the Philippines - you dumb fucktard! The only personnel there now are a few special forces and the the CIA. What a silly cunt you truly are! And Australia? Are you fucking kidding? They don't even allow our nuclear powered vessels in port unless there's an emergency! LMAO!

[DarwinsFriend]

@Barox213 ... So now to make your point, US cares about civilian protests. ...

For those that matter. As a nation - the U.S. has to pick its political battles and that's never been any different. To think that thermo-nuclear weapons and their delivery systems are not already stationed at Diego Garcia and Guam is to be a sniveling, little, naive cunt. Oh wait - that's exactly what you are. Sorry. Taiwan will be the flash-point for clearing our debit with mainland China - soon enough. LMAO!

[Barox213]

@DarwinsFriend There is only a country(US) that goes bankrupt because the power is hijacked by Oil and defense companies. You should notice that most of the military budget goes in the middle east to fight for oil ressources and that China is financing Us debt so this is stupid to think that they are a danger. This is just fear mongering that profits the defense contractors. As long as you fear Asia, they can bankrupt you and your credulity. Well my anus seems to be more informed than yours.

[navsquid32]

DG is beautiful. I loved it there.

[navsquid32]

@ascorbicacid There are no "people" of Diego Garcia. It was uninhabited when the Brits found it. Google sometime.

[DueceSolid]

@navsquid32 Check out "Stealing a Nation" by John Pilger...that should shed some light on the history of Diego Garcia...there were inhabitants here from the decendents of the colonial slave trades way back when...Then check out my video that I just made here on the island a week ago :) i know ...a shameless plug :)

[gbitm]

I was there from July 1990 to October 1991. Loved it. My favorite place on earth.

[OssianCelt]

One of the best places to ever see, serve, party or visit in the US Navy. I am proud to have been one of the few to have been there in the early 80's.

All my best to Hector the Hammerhead.

[StevenSaliba]

The U.S built an illegal military base on that island. They killed the inhabitant's dogs and forced the people to leave the island to never return home. It is documented.

[Joey00000p]

@StevenSaliba the inhabitants were forced off by the british

[navsquid32]

@StevenSaliba No. You are an idiot. And it's a British Indian Ocean Territory, so it's not a US navy base. There were never any "people" on the island. It's thousands of miles from any mainland, and had no livestock, so it didn't support life. You would have known this, had you done any research.

[StevenSaliba]

@navsquid32 No. You are an idiot and a fool. I did my research. The British forced the people off that island. They even killed the inhabitant's dogs. How would you feel if the government told you to leave your country and move to another land?

[bo7451]

@navsquid32 You're right....they only had all them folks and livestock to support a plantation. I wish people would research properly instead of jumping to conclusions on "native" people kicked out.

[slayerd81]

Dodge!!! Is Donkey Burger still there? I was there in '02.

[llROCKETMANll]

0:29 graves of the Chagos people rightful owners of the island

[yrfhtyyy]

I was there with the Brits as Royal Navy Party 1002 in 1974/75.

Best mate there, was the Brits Reps Writer named Dodger Long.

(Happy Days)

[watts1960]

I was there in 1980 and saw sharks. great place.

[MrKayaker69]

whoever made this film has got killer taste in music ....the one and only pablo cruise and i feel they may just be "a child of the ocean freeride style".....any killer reef breaks there ???

[penumbra155]

Diego Garcia has certainly changed since my days with a beach-det back in '82. We lived in open-air hootches reminiscent of something out of McHale's Navy. There wasn't a whole lot to do besides use the gym (which remains to this day the most beautifully maintained work-out facility I have ever had the pleasure of using), tan, fish and sleep. There were exactly two women on an island and about 3000 men, but I loved it! Compared to the carrier, it was heaven!

[Anton1660]

Thanks a lot for this video.I really like it,i was there from 1982 -1987 an employee of American joint venture contractor Raymond-Brown & Root-Mowlem (RBRM) it's a very nice place....DIEGO GARCIA!!!i luv it...wish to be there again someday.....

[jwh951]

I was there in 1983. AWSOME PLACE!! Only bad thing was when I got back to Okinawa, my BITCH wife had an affair with a damn Jarhead. Slut. She's long gone now. DEVORCED!!

[MegUSN1]

Thank you for this video. I was at NSF Security from 1990-1992 and DGAR was my favorite duty station. I wish DG could go back to the Mauritians just so I could go back and vacation there. Hey, please don't knock the U.S. military being on DG. It's not our fault what happened with the Mauritians. Most of us don't even choose to be stationed there, but come to love the atoll after we get there. And, the Americans have done a lot over the years to restore DG.

[shipmaker14]

Simultaneously the best and worst place on Earth! Imagine taking someone to an Island paradise and then torturing them in solitary confinement?

God Bless America!

[seanio2006]

i cannot appreciate these views when whoever is filming them doesn't deserve to be stood there

[cwexcel]

Where is that pier located in respect to like say Cannon Point?

[yoyo877]

@cwexcel

It's south just even with the tank farm if you know where that is.... really pretty there. Are you there now? Some of our people will be there next month.

[KevlarPads]

How did you access the island? Are you soldiers pr military personell?

[gcroxen]

I was there in 1975 with NMCB-3 plywood huts to live in,movies shone on the side of the chow hall,no A/C, no females at all on the island. It looks like its changed alot.

[cumitran]

Disturb those donkeys, chickens, eat a coconut crab it was a $800.00 dollar fine. Ride your bicycle drunk and you can be arrested and ticked for a DUI. Can't bring any pornography on to the island. All videos will be "completely reviewed" prior to giving it back to you. The coconut crab's arm is the size of your wrist compared to other well populated pacific islands or islands in the Indian ocean. I'd say the Brits is taking care of this island than anyone.

[3FZX8]

An island which once had natural undisturbed beauty, but was stolen from its natural inhabitants to make way for amilitary base. What a disgraceful and inhuman act. GIVE THE ISLAND BACK TO the rightful inhabitants of the land.

[cumitran]

@3FZX8 Animals? At this point in time...who care? There are donkeys running around and also hundreds of chickens right outside of the door steps from the barracks... You are going to have to take it up to the Brits to give back the island, but the original inhabitants would know what to do with it except harvesting coconuts. They don't have the resources to do anything...

[3FZX8]

@cumitran Educate yourself by following the series "Stealing of a Nation" right here on Youtube. People have their head up their ass because they speak up for the rights of the Diego Garcians? Shows your arrogance and ignorance again! You speak of the coconut crabs which are protected but the US and the UK are guilty of crime against the rightful inhabitants of that Island which was once an unspoiled paradise. You are a bigot and a sad specimen of a human being.

[cumitran]

@3FZX8 Look at the Bikini island. Yes, its a mistake to kick all of them off and then expose the island to a nuclear blast. Now the original inhabitants and their offsprings are living off the U.S. government's support, but they just trash the entire island. Rusted cans and trash everywhere. All they dream about is going back to the Bikini island blah blah... Once they get back, then what??? Wish people just get their head out of their ass and move on! It's a ridiculously tiny island!

[pokeylilpuppy]

@biggayal1992

sure there is a limit of what to do there. what's your point? i mentoined thailand cuz i thought you were implying that the philipino women were being prostitutes. which is def not the case in Dgar. everywhere else you go in asia, yeah the filipinos are prostitutes but not here. i only brought that up cuz i thought you implying that with the whole "i'm sure everyone is hmmm... taken".

[taureador]

The Axe of evil=US and UK!

What a pity Mauritius is so poweless!

[richardandgeoff]

This island was taken illegally from the Chagossian people in 1971, they were deported to Mauritius. This island shouldn't be a playground for American military personel.

[cumitran]

@richardandgeoff It is what it is...I love it there. The military has taken care of it well. Even the army Veterinarian tends to the animals that are there sometimes. Very clean and well kept.

[3FZX8]

@cumitran Haven't you heard of the domestic animals and the horses that were SLAUGHTERED just prior to the Islanders being forced off their homes?

[sdgsdgsdgsd3]

@richardandgeoff its not american base it belongs to the U.K

[duncr]

Shameful how the British Labour Party gave this away to the Yanks and the way they have treated the Chagossians. SHAMEFUL

[duncr]

Shameful how the British Labour Party gave this away to the Yanks and the way they have treated the Chagossians. SHAMEFUL

[stephan706]

Am from Mauritius Island.. DG is a very beautiful

[skullhart]

I'm going to upload some fishing video from DG.  Loved it! Been there 2 times so far.

Hands down the most beautiful place I've ever visited.

[kyemare]

Love the place! 2008-2009 will never forget!

[kyemare]

Love Diego Garcia! 2008-2009 Will never forget!

[ascorbicacid1]

Give the Island back to its people, not a place for WAR!

[UPTHElRS]

Didn't see any of them in the vid... don't guess they would make a good showing in their servant uniforms... Amazing how there's just enough of them left to tend the bases needs.

[pokeylilpuppy]

lol actually the people that work there are filipinos. and it's a freekin vacation for them.

[cumitran]

@pokeylilpuppy I don't know about vacation for them..They are there for 6 months, a year or more before they come home to visit their family. Some been there for over 20 years. It's a nice place for overseas workers, but can be lonely as well. I am sure that those women that works there are...hmmm...taken

[pokeylilpuppy]

@cumitran

nobody is forced to work there. i've been there. i also have pics and video of this place, i'll post it up. anyways, these people that work there voluntarily come there to work. they're filipino. it's not mandatory to be filipino but it just so happens that the majority of non-military personnel are filipinos. and they love it there. and what do you mean the women??? trust me, going to Dgar is not like going to thailand.

[cumitran]

@pokeylilpuppy

Gee...I've been there as well as a visitor for a week as a military person. Of course I know about the Filipino overseas worker. But don't you think it is difficult to work in some place for far away from your family? It's typicl of most Filipino overseas workers I mean... Women...Let's say there are ratio of available women compared to men in regardless of the ability of dating maybe?

[cumitran]

@pokeylilpuppy Also, dont' get side tracked, I am not saying anything else except that there is a limit of what is availalable to do in Diego Garcia after a few months. And what does this have to do with Thailand? Huh?

[squashsatch]

@ascorbicacid1 sore loser

[ascorbicacid1]

@squashsatch moron

[wemustactorg]

@ascorbicacid1 : Yes, you are right! The U.S.A. and the UK have committed a crime against humanity with the secret expulsion of the Chagossians from Diego Garcia! If we want to paraphrase some document coming from the Foreign Office, they are still maintaining the fiction!

[bluejeeplab]

@ascorbicacid1 All the folks who lived there since the miltary took over have long since passed the age of productivityy. What do you suppose they would do for a living? Work on a Copra plantation like they used to? Times have passed the other usefulnesses of DG by. It is too small and remote to be anything else other than a very expensive resort for the very rich. Would that be better?

[HaiLsKuNkY]

@ascorbicacid1 the people that where evicted where part of a french plantation and not native.

[60eyewatcher]

@HaiLsKuNkY ..No look at the history...sorry to say but they were natives and were made to go to Mauritius where all hated them and thus, became homeless. I was there in 1990 and clueless about this. A professor from Berkeley explained it well.

[Myuzishin]

@60eyewatcher Berkeley. Yeah. *rolls eyes*

[critic957]

thanks. DG  is still a great place