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burnt by the sun
08-27-2003, 05:06 AM
i remember reading about this some where... someone help me out. anyone heard of this?
ShotOver
08-27-2003, 08:24 AM
Yeah, i heard Marines from Japan were comming to Western Australi, and turning it into a major staging area for American troops involved in Middle Eastern operations...
budanski
08-27-2003, 09:44 AM
here (http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=40723#40723)
He219
08-27-2003, 11:14 AM
We're coming for you, Mortimer! Watch out.....

;)
usa320
08-27-2003, 12:38 PM
Yeah morty, you better run... rofl


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usa320
08-27-2003, 12:39 PM
I think its a good idea... Why should we have to bargain and shiut with germany every time we wanna move troops around. They dont want us there, so lets go somewhere that wont hassle us everytime there is something that needs to get done.
BiZ
09-14-2003, 12:47 AM
Anyone heard of Pine Gap?

That is classified as US land and is a major intel "spooky spooky hush hush" base.
No Pine Gap base = no sat relay or itel from the south east for the US.

(USAF and Aus Federal Police [APS] run the security before soemone asks).
James
09-14-2003, 12:59 AM
Yeah, i heard Marines from Japan were comming to Western Australi, and turning it into a major staging area for American troops involved in Middle Eastern operations...

While I was a Marine, I had the pleasure of taking part in excercises in the Shoalwater Bay Training Area in NE Queensland. That was in 1997, though. At the time, there was no talk of having U.S. Forces stationed in Australia permanently.
Seiyuuki
09-14-2003, 01:23 AM
Anyone heard of Pine Gap?

That is classified as US land and is a major intel "spooky spooky hush hush" base.
No Pine Gap base = no sat relay or itel from the south east for the US.

(USAF and Aus Federal Police [APS] run the security before soemone asks).

Is that like the Australian's Area 51?
grendel
09-14-2003, 05:08 AM
Anyone heard of Pine Gap?

That is classified as US land and is a major intel "spooky spooky hush hush" base.
No Pine Gap base = no sat relay or itel from the south east for the US.

(USAF and Aus Federal Police [APS] run the security before soemone asks).

Is that like the Australian's Area 51?

No, its just a part of the Echelon network ;)