The military base at Diego Garcia, the so-called "Footprint of Freedom," is a seventeen-square mile atoll of the Chagos ...

DIEGO GARCIA - The hot, humid air gusts over the pier and through the red, rusty cranes sitting atop a blue cargo ship, which casts long shadows on the workers down below. Crusty leather gloves ...

Part of the Chagos Archipelago in the British Indian Ocean Territory, Diego Garcia has long served as a key logistics hub and airport for the U.S. military. It has facilitated many military ...