The Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville has completed repairs of emergency fuel infrastructure at U.S. Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia. The $1.5 million Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants, POL, Pier Pipeline was repaired and operational 17 days ahead of schedule, reinforcing the installation’s ability to sustain uninterrupted operations in the Indo-Pacific region.
Diego Garcia is a coral atoll consisting of a joint United Kingdom and United States military base with Navy and Air Force personnel, located seven degrees south of the equator in the British Indian Ocean Territory. NSF Diego Garcia provides logistic support to operational forces forward deployed to the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf areas of responsibility in support of national policy objectives.
“NSF Diego Garcia is a critical part of our nation’s national defense that relies on fuel not only for refueling of ships, planes, etc., but to fuel vehicles and the generators that power the island,” James Clark, Huntsville Center Fuels Program geographical project manager, said. “Everything on the island depends on these systems working as designed.”…