Camp Thunder Cove
United States military base on Diego Garcia
Camp Thunder Cove, formerly Camp Justice is a United States Navy and Air Force support facility within the US-UK Naval Support Facility on Diego Garcia, a small and isolated island in the Indian Ocean. The island is in the Chagos Archipelago, part of the British Indian Ocean Territory.
Structure
United States forces have used Diego Garcia since at least the mid-1960s, under lease from the United Kingdom. The island has port facilities and an airstrip capable of handling large aircraft. Currently, 1,700 military personnel, mostly United States forces, with around 50 British troops, and a further 1,500 civilian contractors reside there.
The installation fills several roles including serving as a support facility for both surface fleets and submarine units in addition supplying regional operations in conjunction with Military Sealift Command. The base is also home to a sophisticated radar, space tracking and communications facility along with a fully operational joint Navy and Air Force airfield.
History
Construction of Camp Justice was the impetus for the British government's expulsion of the Chagossians. The entire population of approximately 1,600 Chagossians were removed from 1967 to 27 April 1973, with limited financial compensation being paid out to the former inhabitants as well as several legal challenges.
Starting in 1990, the base saw another round of rapid improvement and expansion.
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