Diego Garcia From Stars And Stripes:
Typhoon Kaibutsu ravages a foreign country. Hundreds of thousands are left homeless and hungry.
The nation desperately needs humanitarian supplies and services, but a tense political situation rules out a large U.S. military base of operations on shore.
The storm obliterated the ports, making traditional supply offloading impossible.
Forty miles out in the ocean, the U.S. military sets up a floating base with 14 ships and thousands of troops.
Amphibious landing craft and helicopters deliver food, water, trucks and more — all of it pre-sorted at sea.
A few weeks later, the mission is complete and the base simply sails away.
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My Comment: The obscure islands that dot the world will be the future "aircraft carriers" for our military .... Diego Garcia, Ascension Island, St. Helena, Guam .... and with time will be our nations most important FOBs.
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