Diego Garcia is the largest island of the Chagos Archipelago, part of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT). It has been used as a joint UK–U.S. military base since the 1970s, following the expulsion of the Chagossians by the UK government.

I have the "Pacific Stars & Stripes" article from the paper dated Dec. 2 1983, It reads as follows: WASHINGTON (UPI)- An earthquake reaching 5.5 on the richter scale jolted the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia Wednesday but caused no injuies to its 5800 people, most of them U.S. Navy personnel, nor major damage, the navy Said.

Nov 30, 1983 · WASHINGTON -- An earthquake reaching 5.5 on the Richter Scale jolted the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia Wednesday but caused no injuries to its 5,800 people, most of them U.S. Navy...

Mar 1, 1983 · The cargo helicopter was attached to the combat support ship USS Savannah when it crashed 24 miles northwest of the Navy base at Diego Garcia.

Next we present an example of a specific acoustic reflection observed for several earthquakes recorded at Diego Garcia, assessing the back-azimuth estimation capabilities of the tri-partite arrays and suggesting how these reflections may be …

The 1983 earthquake spawned a tsunami in the region. In the lagoon, on Diego Garcia, there was a 1.5 meter rise in wave height and there was some significant wave damage near the south-eastern tip of the island.

By 1983 the only Seabee unit remaining on Diego Garcia was a detachment of NMCB 62. The work the Seabees completed on Diego Garcia since 1971 represented the largest peacetime construction effort...

One of these is the Near Term Prepositioned Force (NTPF), whose cargo ships—positioned at Diego Garcia and Guam—contain heavy equipment and 30 days of supplies for the Califor­nia-based 7th Marine Amphibious Bri­gade.

Sep 20, 2020 · By 1983 the only Seabee unit remaining on Diego Garcia was a detachment of NMCB 62. The departure of this detachment in September 1983 ended twelve years of priority effort on the island that included some 220 projects for the Navy and Air Force, valued in …

Hail and Farewell DG 1983: LT Mike Lang and CTTCS Jim Campbell. DG 1982 Mike was the CLASSIC WIZARD Division Officer and Jim was the WIZARD Division Chief.