NaColonel Ann Wright, World BEYOND War, April 29, 2022
Maererano ne Nhau dzenharaunda muKitsap, Washington, zvinotarisirwa kutora anenge makore mapfumbamwe kuti apedze purojekiti nhanhatu pamusoro-pevhu kuvhara nekuvhara makumi matatu nematatu epasi pevhu matangi emafuta eNavy pauto reUS reManchester Fuel Depot muManchester, Washington uye zvichadhura Dhipatimendi reDziviriro mari inosvika mazana maviri emamiriyoni emadhora.
Zvakatora Dhipatimendi reDziviriro (DOD) 3 makore kutanga basa rekuvhara matangi mushure mekunge sarudzo yaitwa. Sarudzo yekuvhara nekubvisa matangi ekutanga makumi matatu nematatu ekuchengetera mafuta epasi uye kuvaka matangi matanhatu epamusoro-soro yakaitwa muna 33 asi basa harina kutanga kuvhara nzvimbo iyi kusvika Chikunguru 2018.
Rimwe nerimwe rematangi matanhatu matsva, ari pamusoro pevhu achakwanisa kuva nemamiriyoni mashanu nemazana maviri emarita eJP-5.2 anotakura jet fuel kana F-5 marine dhiziri mumatangi akareba 76-mamita, 64-paupamhi-mamita akavakwa nembiru dzesimbi dzakashongedzwa. yakatsigira matenga ekoni yakagadziriswa. Anenge 75 galoni mamiriyoni dziri kuchengetwa kuManchester Fuel Depot izvozvi.
Pachiyero ichocho, zvingatora makore gumi nemasere+ kuderedza mafuta uye kuvhara Red Hill, tichifunga kuti inobata miriyoni zana nemakumi masere emarita emafuta.
Saka, kudzvanyirirwa kwevagari kwakakosha kuchengetedza tsoka dzeDOD kumoto kuti matangi eRed Hill abvise mafuta pasati paitika imwe njodzi yemafuta pano paO'ahu.. uye nekukurumidza kupfuura makore mapfumbamwe ari kutora kuvaka matangi matanhatu pamusoro pevhu muWashington. !
Sezvo vagari vanochengeta mauto eUS achifamba kuti avhare Red Hill, Dhipatimendi reDziviriro rinosangana nematambudziko mukutsiva matangi ekuchengetera pasi pevhu, sarudzo yavaifanira kunge vakaita makumi emakore apfuura.
Iye zvino vatarisana nedambudziko rekugadzirisa kwekuisa mafuta. Asi kuzviitira kunonoka kwechisarudzo cheDOD hakufanirwe kubvumidzwa kuramba kuchikanganisa mvura yekunwa yeHonolulu.
DOD yakanga yaita sarudzo dzakakura pane dzimwe nzvimbo dzekuwanisa mafuta emafuta pamberi peMbudzi 2021 Red Hill mafuta ekudonha uye sarudzo idzi dzaisanganisira Australia.
MunaGunyana 2021, Australia, UK, neUnited States dzakasaina chibvumirano chekuchengetedza chakashambadzirwa, chinonzi "AUKUS" icho chaibvumira kugovana matekinoroji edziviriro uye kupa makondirakiti emauto eAustralia ruzivo rwekuvaka ngarava dzepasi penyukireya, zvakanyanya kusafara kweFrance iyo yaive nechibvumirano chekutengesa ngarava dzepasi pedhiziri kuAustralia.
Zvakare munaGunyana 2021, panguva imwechete yakasainwa chibvumirano cheAUKUS, hurumende yeUS yakapa chibvumirano chekuvaka chirongwa chemadhora mazana maviri nemakumi manomwe emadhora enzvimbo yekuchengetera mafuta endege iyo ichachengeta mamiriyoni makumi matanhatu emarita emafuta ejet mugumi nerimwe pamusoro pematangi ekuchengetera pasi. tsigira mauto eAmerica muPacific. Kuvakwa kwenzvimbo yepurazi rematangi kwakatanga muna Ndira 2022 uye yakarongerwa kupera mumakore maviri.
PaGuam, ne huwandu hwevanhu ve153,000 uye mauto e21,700 kusanganisira mhuri, mafuta echiuto anotumirwa munzvimbo huru dzekuchengetera zvinhu paGuam Naval Base.
Kugadziriswa kwe 12 matangi emafuta ane simba rekuchengetedza re38 mamiriyoni emarita achangopera kuAndersen Air Base paGuam.
Munyori weDziviriro Austin waKurume 7, 2022 press statement yakaratidza kuti DOD ichawedzera kupararira kwayo kwemafuta mugungwa kuti igadzirise kubviswa kweRed Hill kubva kuPacific mafuta network.
Austin akati, "Mushure mekutaurirana nevatungamiriri vemauto nevakuru vemauto, ndafunga kubvisa uye kuvhara zvachose nzvimbo yekuchengetera mafuta yeRed Hill muHawaii. Inowanikwa pakati pemafuta akawanda ekuchengetedza ukuru iyi ingangoita zvine musoro muna 1943, pakavakwa Red Hill. Uye Red Hill yakashandira mauto edu zvakanaka kwemakumi emakore akawanda. Asi zvinoita kushoma zvikuru zvino.
Kugovaniswa uye kusimba kwechimiro chedu chesimba muIndo-Pacific, kutyisidzira kwakaoma kwatinosangana nako, uye tekinoroji iripo kwatiri inoda kukwirisa kwakaenzana uye kusimba. Kusvika pamwero mukuru, tinotozvishandisa timene nemafuta akaparadzirwa mugungwa uye kumahombekombe, zvechigarire uye anotenderera. Iye zvino tichawedzera uye nekumhanyisa kugovera kwakarongeka. "
Nekudaro, panguva yekutonga kwaTrump, US Maritime Administrator Rear Admiral Mark Buzby akanyevera Congress kakawanda kuti US Merchant Marine yakanga isina matangi akakwana kana vafambisi vezvikepe vanokwanisa kurwisa kunyange hondo shoma.
US Merchant Marine nyanzvi dzinotaura danho kuvhara Red Hill hakutarise zera uye chimiro cheUS Military Sealift Command tanker fleet, ngarava dzinotarisira pa-gungwa kuwedzera mafuta ezvikepe uye ndege. Nyanzvi dzekugadzira ngarava dzinoona zvisingaite kuti Austin azokwanisa kuwana mari yacho kana kuti nzvimbo dzekugezera ngarava dzinoda kuvaka boka rematangi evatengesi vane “simba rekufambisa mafuta rakaenzana.
Mukupindura, Congress yakapfuura nhanho yekukurumidzira muna 2021 inonzi US Tanker Security Chirongwa. Mubhiri iri, United States inobhadhara ese ari maviri makambani akazvimirira seMaersk stipend yekudzoreredza matangi avo "American."
"Nzira yekuchengetedza tangi yanga iri nhanho yekumisa-muka," akadaro mumwe mukuru weMARAD online nhau blog gCaptain akabvunzurudzwa. "Iyo haigone kusangana nezvinodiwa zvakanyanya zvemauto edu uye hapana nzira inogona kutsiva kugona kuRed Hill. Munyori weDziviriro anogona kunge asina kuudzwa zvisizvo kana kunyengera kana achifunga neimwe nzira. "
Kuronga kwakashata neDhipatimendi reDziviriro hachisi chikonzero chekuenderera mberi nekukanganisa mvura yekunwa yevagari veO'ahu. Red Hill jet mafuta ekuchengetera matangi anofanira kuvharwa nekukasira ....uye kwete mumakore mapfumbamwe!
Ndokumbira ubatane neSierra Club, Earthjustice, Oahu Water Protectors uye Hawaii Runyararo neRuramisiro nemamwe masangano ekumanikidzwa kweCongressional, humbowo kumatunhu enyika, nyika, dunhu nenharaunda, kusaina-kuzunguza, uye zvimwe zviito kuti mauto azive kuti isu tinoda. matangi eRed Hill achaderedzwa uye kuvharwa munguva pfupi pfupi kupfuura Manchester Fuel Depot.
Nezve munyori: Ann Wright akashanda makore makumi maviri nemapfumbamwe muUS Army/Army Reserves uye pamudyandigere seColonel. Aivewo mumiriri weUS kwemakore gumi nematanhatu uye akashanda mumamiriri eUS muNicaragua, Grenada, Somalia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Sierra Leone, Micronesia, Afghanistan neMongolia. Akasiya chigaro kubva kuhurumende yeUS muna 29 achipokana nehondo yeUS paIraq. Iye ndiye munyori-mubatanidzwa we "Kupokana: Manzwi ehana."
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Ann Wright
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