Wolemba Colonel Ann Wright, World BEYOND War, April 29, 2022
Malinga ndi media media ku Kitsap, Washington, zikuyembekezeka kutenga pafupifupi zaka zisanu ndi zinayi kuti amalize ntchito yomanga matanki asanu ndi limodzi pamwamba pa nthaka kutseka ndi kutseka 33 pansi pa nthaka akasinja mafuta a Navy ku US asilikali Manchester Fuel Depot ku Manchester, Washington ndipo adzawononga Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo pafupifupi $200 miliyoni.
Zinatenga zaka za 3 Department of Defense (DOD) kuti ayambe ntchito yotseka akasinja atapanga chisankho. Lingaliro lotseka ndikuchotsa matanki oyambira 33 osungira mafuta pansi ndikumanga matanki atsopano asanu ndi limodzi pamwamba pa nthaka lidapangidwa mu 2018 koma ntchito yotseka malowa siinayambe mpaka Julayi 2021.
Iliyonse mwa akasinja asanu ndi limodzi atsopano, pamwamba pa nthaka itha kukhala ndi magaloni 5.2 miliyoni amafuta onyamula ndege a JP-5 kapena mafuta a dizilo a m'madzi a F-76 m'matanki aatali 64 autali futi 140 opangidwa ndi mizati yowotcherera ndi zitsulo. adathandizira madenga okhazikika a cone. Pafupifupi Magaloni a 75 milioni zasungidwa ku Manchester Fuel Depot tsopano.
Momwemo, zingatenge zaka khumi ndi zisanu ndi zitatu + kuti athetse mafuta ndi kutseka Red Hill, poganiza kuti imakhala ndi mafuta okwana magaloni 180 miliyoni.
Chifukwa chake, kukakamizidwa kwa nzika ndikofunikira kwambiri kuti mapazi a DOD ayambe kuyaka moto kuti achepetse mafuta akasinja a Red Hill moto usanachitike kutha kwa mafuta ku O'ahu. !
Pamene nzika zikusunga asitikali aku US kuti atseke Red Hill, Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo ikukumana ndi zovuta m'malo mwa akasinja osungiramo pansi, lingaliro lomwe amayenera kupanga zaka zambiri zapitazo.
Tsopano akukumana ndi vuto la momwe angayikitsire mafuta. Koma kuchedwa kodzipangira yekha chisankho cha DOD sikuyenera kuloledwa kupitiriza kusokoneza madzi akumwa a Honolulu.
DOD idapanga zisankho zazikulu pamasamba ena opangira mafuta amafuta asanafike mu Novembala 2021 Red Hill mafuta atayikira ndipo zisankhozo zidakhudza Australia.
Mu Seputembara 2021, Australia, UK, ndi United States adasaina pangano lodziwika bwino lachitetezo, lotchedwa "AUKUS" lomwe limalola kugawana matekinoloje apamwamba achitetezo ndikupatsa makontrakitala ankhondo aku Australia chidziwitso cha momwe angapangire sitima zapamadzi zokhala ndi zida zanyukiliya. kusakondwa kwa France kuti anali ndi mgwirizano wogulitsa sitima zapamadzi za dizilo ku Australia.
Komanso mu Seputembara 2021, nthawi yomwe pangano la AUKUS lidasainidwa, boma la US lidapereka mgwirizano womanga projekiti ya $ 270 miliyoni yosungira mafuta andege yomwe idzasungira magaloni 60 miliyoni amafuta a jet mu 11 pamwamba pa matanki osungira pansi. kuthandizira ntchito zankhondo zaku America ku Pacific. Ntchito yomanga famu yama tanki idayamba mu Januware 2022 ndipo ikuyembekezeka kumalizidwa m'zaka ziwiri.
Pa Guam, ndi a Chiwerengero cha anthu 153,000 ndi gulu lankhondo la 21,700 kuphatikiza mabanja, mafuta ankhondo amatumizidwa kumalo osungiramo zinthu zazikulu ku Guam Naval Base.
Kukonza kwa Matanki 12 amafuta okhala ndi mphamvu yosungira 38 magaloni miliyoni amalizidwa posachedwa ku Andersen Air Base ku Guam.
Secretary of Defense Austin pa Marichi 7, 2022 ndemanga idawulula kuti DOD ikulitsa mphamvu zake zobalalitsa m'nyanja kuti zithetse kuchotsedwa kwa Red Hill ku Pacific mafuta network.
Austin adati, "Nditakambirana kwambiri ndi atsogoleri akuluakulu ankhondo ndi asitikali, ndaganiza zochotsa mafuta ndikutseka kosungirako mafuta ambiri a Red Hill ku Hawaii. Kusungidwa kwamafuta ambiri komwe kuli pakati pa kukula kumeneku kunamveka bwino mu 1943, pomwe Red Hill idamangidwa. Ndipo Red Hill yatumikira bwino gulu lathu lankhondo kwazaka zambiri. Koma zikupanga nzeru zochepa tsopano.
Kugawidwa ndi kusinthika kwa mphamvu zathu ku Indo-Pacific, ziwopsezo zovuta kwambiri zomwe timakumana nazo, komanso ukadaulo womwe tili nawo zimafuna mphamvu zotsogola komanso zolimba pakuwotcha mafuta. Pamlingo waukulu, timagwiritsa ntchito kale mafuta omwazika m'nyanja ndi kumtunda, osatha komanso ozungulira. Tsopano tikulitsa ndikufulumizitsa kugawa kwabwinoko. ”
Komabe, panthawi ya Ulamuliro wa Trump, US Maritime Administrator Rear Admiral Mark Buzby anachenjeza Congress mobwerezabwereza kuti US Merchant Marine inalibe zombo zonyamula mafuta zokwanira kapena amalinyero amalonda odziwa kumenya nkhondo ngakhale pang'ono chabe.
Akatswiri a US Merchant Marine anena izi kutseka Red Hill sikutengera zaka ndi udindo wa US Military Sealift Command tanker zombo, zombo zomwe zimayang'anira zombo zapanyanja komanso ndege. Akatswiri opanga zombo amawona kuti ndizokayikitsa kuti Austin atha kupeza ndalama kapena malo osungiramo zombo angafunikire kupanga masitima apamadzi ambiri okhala ndi "mphamvu zotsogola komanso zosasunthika pakuwotcha mafuta.
Poyankha, Congress idapereka njira yadzidzidzi mu 2021 yotchedwa US Tanker Security Program. Mu bilu iyi, United States imalipira makampani onse abizinesi ngati Maersk ndalama kuti alembenso akasinja awo "aku America."
"Njira yachitetezo cha tanki inali njira yoyimitsa mwadzidzidzi," watero mkulu wina wa MARAD nkhani pa intaneti gCaptain anafunsidwa. "Simakwaniritsa zofunikira zankhondo yathu ndipo sizingalowe m'malo mwa zomwe zili ku Red Hill. Secretary of Defense mwina sanadziwitsidwe kapena akunama ngati akuganiza mosiyana. "
Kukonzekera kolakwika ndi Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo si chifukwa chopitirizira kusokoneza madzi akumwa a nzika za O'ahu. Ma tanki osungira mafuta a Red Hill akuyenera kutsekedwa mwachangu ....osati zaka zisanu ndi zinayi!
Chonde lowani nawo Sierra Club, Earthjustice, Oahu Water Protectors ndi Hawaii Peace and Justice ndi mabungwe ena chifukwa cha kukakamizidwa kwa Congression, umboni kumayiko, chigawo, zigawo ndi madera oyandikana nawo, kugwedeza zikwangwani, ndi zochitika zina kuwonetsetsa kuti asitikali akudziwa kuti tikufuna. akasinja a Red Hill adzachepetsedwa ndi kutsekedwa munthawi yaifupi kwambiri kuposa malo osungira mafuta a Manchester.
Za wolemba: Ann Wright adatumikira zaka 29 ku US Army/Army Reserves ndipo adapuma pantchito ngati Colonel. Analinso kazembe waku US kwa zaka 16 ndipo adatumikira ku Embassy za US ku Nicaragua, Grenada, Somalia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Sierra Leone, Micronesia, Afghanistan ndi Mongolia. Adasiya ntchito ku boma la US ku 2003 motsutsana ndi nkhondo ya US ku Iraq. Ndiwolemba nawo "Disent: Voices of Conscience."
-
Ann Wright
Kusiya: Mawu a Chikumbumtima
