Editing Diego Garcia (section)

==United Kingdom military activities==
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British Forces British Indian Ocean Territories (BFBIOT) is the official name for the [[British Armed Forces]] deployment at the Permanent Joint Operating Base (PJOB) on Diego Garcia, in the British Indian Ocean Territory.<ref name="PJOB">[https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/permanent-joint-operating-bases-pjobs/permanent-joint-operating-bases-pjobs Permanent Joint Operating Bases (PJOBs)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322052411/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/permanent-joint-operating-bases-pjobs/permanent-joint-operating-bases-pjobs |date=22 March 2016 }}, www.gov.uk, 12 December 2012</ref> While the naval and airbase facilities on Diego Garcia are leased to the United States, in practice, it operates as a joint UK-US base, with the UK retaining full and continual access.<ref name=europarl>{{cite journal|title=The Status and Location of the Military Installations of the Member States of the European Union|journal=Policy Department External Policies|date=February 2009|pages=13–14|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2004_2009/documents/dv/sede300309studype407004_/SEDE300309StudyPE407004_en.pdf|access-date=21 October 2014|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924052522/http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2004_2009/documents/dv/sede300309studype407004_/SEDE300309StudyPE407004_en.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Diego Garcia is strategically located, offering access to East Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. The base serves as a staging area for the buildup or resupply of military forces prior to an operation. There are approximately 40–50 British military personnel posted on Diego Garcia, most of them from [[Naval Party (Royal Navy)|Naval Party 1002]] (NP1002). NP1002 forms the island's civil administration and some [[Royal Navy|naval forces]].<ref>[http://www.public.navy.mil/fcc-c10f/nctsfedetdg/Documents/WELCOME_ABOARD_JAN%202011_.pdf Welcome to Diego Garcia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005191638/http://www.public.navy.mil/fcc-c10f/nctsfedetdg/Documents/WELCOME_ABOARD_JAN%202011_.pdf |date=5 October 2016 }}, page 3, DIEGO GARCIA, A BRITISH TERRITORY, public.navy.mil</ref>