Daga Colonel Ann Wright, World BEYOND War, Afrilu 29, 2022
Bisa lafazin Kafofin yada labarai na gida a Kitsap, Washington, ana sa ran zai ɗauki kusan shekaru tara don kammala aikin tankunan da ke sama da kasa shida Rufewa da rufe tankunan mai na sojojin ruwa 33 na karkashin kasa a ma'ajiyar man fetur ta Amurka Manchester da ke Manchester, Washington kuma za ta kashe ma'aikatar tsaro kusan dala miliyan 200.
Ya ɗauki Ma'aikatar Tsaro (DOD) shekaru 3 don fara aikin rufe tankunan bayan yanke shawara. An yanke shawarar rufewa da cire asalin tankunan ajiyar man fetur 33 na karkashin kasa da kuma gina sabbin tankuna shida na sama a cikin 2018 amma aikin bai fara rufe wurin ba har zuwa Yuli 2021.
Kowanne daga cikin sabbin tankunan guda shida, sama da kasa za su iya ƙunsar galan miliyan 5.2 na man fetur ɗin jigilar jigilar jigilar kayayyaki na JP-5 ko kuma man dizal na ruwa F-76 a cikin tankuna mai tsayi ƙafa 64, faɗin ƙafa 140 da aka gina da ginshiƙan ƙarfe na welded tare da goyan bayan kafaffen rufin mazugi. Kimanin 75 miliyan galan Ana adana su a Depot Fuel Manchester yanzu.
A wannan adadin, zai ɗauki shekaru goma sha takwas+ kafin a cire mai da kuma rufe Red Hill, a ɗauka cewa yana riƙe da galan miliyan 180 na mai.
Don haka, matsin lamba na 'yan ƙasa yana da mahimmanci don kiyaye ƙafar DOD zuwa wuta don lalata tankunan Red Hill kafin wani mummunan fashewar man fetur ya faru a nan akan O'ahu .. kuma tabbas sauri fiye da shekaru tara da ake ɗauka don gina tankuna shida a sama a Washington. !
Yayin da 'yan kasar ke ci gaba da ci gaba da rura wutar sojojin Amurka don rufe Red Hill, ma'aikatar tsaro na fuskantar kalubale wajen maye gurbin tankunan ajiyar na karkashin kasa, shawarar da ya kamata su yanke shekaru da yawa da suka gabata.
Yanzu haka suna fuskantar takun saka na inda za a saka man. Amma jinkirin da aka yi na shawarar DOD ba dole ba ne a bar shi ya ci gaba da yin illa ga ruwan sha na Honolulu.
DOD ta yanke wasu manyan yanke shawara akan madadin wuraren samar da mai kafin watan Nuwamba 2021 Red Hill yayyo mai kuma waɗancan yanke shawara sun shafi Ostiraliya.
A cikin Satumba 2021, Ostiraliya, Burtaniya, da Amurka sun rattaba hannu kan yarjejeniyar tsaro da ta shahara, mai suna "AUKUS" wanda ya ba da damar raba fasahohin tsaro na ci gaba da baiwa 'yan kwangilar sojan Australiya bayanin yadda ake gina jiragen ruwa masu karfin nukiliya, da yawa rashin jin daɗin Faransa da ke da kwangilar sayar da jiragen ruwa na diesel zuwa Ostiraliya.
Hakanan a cikin watan Satumba na 2021, a daidai lokacin da aka sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar AUKUS, gwamnatin Amurka ta ba da kwangilar gina aikin dala miliyan 270 na wurin ajiyar man jiragen sama wanda zai adana galan miliyan 60 na man jet a cikin tankunan ajiya na sama 11 zuwa sama. tallafawa ayyukan sojojin Amurka a cikin Pacific. An fara aikin ginin gonakin tankin a watan Janairun 2022 kuma ana shirin kammalawa nan da shekaru biyu.
A Guam, a yawan jama'a 153,000 da kuma yawan sojoji 21,700 gami da iyalai, Ana jigilar man fetur na soja a cikin manyan wuraren ajiya a Guam Naval Base.
A gyara na Tankunan mai guda 12 masu iya ajiya 38 galan miliyan da aka gama kwanan nan a Andersen Air Base da ke Guam.
Sakataren Tsaro Austin's Maris 7, 2022 latsa sanarwa ya bayyana cewa DOD za ta fadada aikinta na tarwatsawa a karfin teku don saukar da cire Red Hill daga hanyar sadarwar mai na Pacific.
Austin ya ce, "Bayan tuntubar juna da manyan shugabannin farar hula da sojoji, na yanke shawarar rage mai da kuma rufe wurin ajiyar man fetur na Red Hill na dindindin a Hawaii. Ma'ajiyar man fetur ta tsakiya tana iya yin ma'ana a cikin 1943, lokacin da aka gina Red Hill. Kuma Red Hill ya yi hidima ga sojojin mu da kyau shekaru da yawa. Amma yanzu ya rage ma'ana sosai.
Halin da ake rarrabawa da kuzarin ƙarfin ƙarfin mu a cikin Indo-Pacific, ƙaƙƙarfan barazanar da muke fuskanta, da fasahar da ke gare mu suna buƙatar ci gaba daidai da ƙarfin kuzari. A babban mataki, mun riga mun amfana da kanmu na tarwatsa mai a teku da bakin teku, na dindindin da na juyawa. Yanzu za mu fadada kuma mu hanzarta rarraba dabarun. "
Koyaya, a lokacin Gwamnatin Trump, Mai Gudanar da Maritime na Amurka Rear Admiral Mark Buzby ya gargadi Majalisa akai-akai cewa Rundunar Sojojin Amurka ba ta da isassun jiragen ruwa ko ƙwararrun ƴan kasuwa da za su yi yaƙi ko da iyakataccen yaƙi.
Kwararru kan harkokin kasuwancin teku na Amurka sun ce matakin don rufe Red Hill ba ya la'akari da shekaru da matsayi na jiragen ruwa na Rundunar Sojan Amurka Sealift Command, jiragen ruwa da ke da alhakin samar da mai a teku na jiragen ruwa da jiragen sama. Kwararrun gine-ginen jiragen ruwa suna ganin ba zai yuwu Austin ya sami kuɗin ba ko kuma wuraren aikin jiragen ruwa na buƙatar gina gungun motocin dakon mai na 'yan kasuwa tare da "daidaitaccen ci gaba da ƙarfin kuzari.
Dangane da mayar da martani, Majalisa ta zartar da matakin gaggawa a cikin 2021 mai suna Shirin Tsaro na Tankar Amurka. A cikin wannan lissafin, Amurka ta biya duka kamfanoni masu zaman kansu kamar Maersk wani alawus don yin katsalandan ga tankunan dakon "Amurka."
Wani jami'in MARAD ya ce "Matakin tsaron tanka ya kasance matakin dakatar da tazarar gaggawa." labaran kan layi gCaptain hira. "Da kyar ya dace da ainihin bukatun sojojin mu kuma ba za ta iya maye gurbin damar da ake yi a Red Hill ba. Sakataren Tsaro ko dai ba a ba shi labari gaba daya ba ko kuma ya rudu idan yana tunanin akasin haka.”
Rashin tsari na Ma'aikatar Tsaro ba dalili ba ne na ci gaba da yin barazana ga ruwan sha na 'yan O'ahu. Red Hill jet tankunan ajiyar man fetur dole ne a rufe da sauri…. kuma ba cikin shekaru tara ba!
Da fatan za a shiga Saliyo Club, Adalci na Duniya, Oahu Water Protectors da Hawaii Aminci da Adalci da sauran kungiyoyi don matsin lamba na Majalisa, shaida a matakin ƙasa, jihohi, gundumomi da matakan unguwanni, sa hannu, da sauran ayyuka don tabbatar da sojoji sun san cewa muna buƙata. Tankunan Red Hill za a kashe su kuma a rufe su cikin ɗan gajeren lokaci fiye da Depot Fuel na Manchester.
Game da marubucin: Ann Wright ya yi aiki shekaru 29 a cikin Rundunar Sojan Amurka / Sojojin Amurka kuma ya yi ritaya a matsayin Kanar. Ta kasance jami'ar diflomasiyyar Amurka na tsawon shekaru 16 kuma ta yi aiki a ofisoshin jakadancin Amurka a Nicaragua, Grenada, Somaliya, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Saliyo, Micronesia, Afghanistan da Mongoliya. Ta yi murabus daga gwamnatin Amurka a shekara ta 2003 don adawa da yakin da Amurka ke yi a Iraki. Ita ce mawallafin marubucin "Dissent: Voices of Conscience."
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Ann Wright
Rarrabe: Ƙungiyoyin Kalma
