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===United States pre-positioned vessels===
[[File:Camp Justice --Diego Garcia.jpg|thumb|upright|Camp Justice on Diego Garcia]]

The atoll shelters the ships of the United States Marine Pre-positioning Squadron Two. These ships carry equipment and supplies to support a major armed force with tanks, armoured personnel carriers, munitions, fuel, spare parts and even a mobile field hospital. This equipment was used during the [[Gulf War|Persian Gulf War]], when the squadron transported equipment to [[Saudi Arabia]].

The ship composition of MPSRON TWO is dynamic. During August 2010 it was composed of the following:

*[[MV Capt. Steven L. Bennett (T-AK-4296)|MV ''Capt. Steven L. Bennett'']]
*USNS ''SGT William R. Button'' (T-AK-3012),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/ships.asp?ship=21 |title=USNS SGT WILLIAM R. BUTTON (T-AK 3012) |publisher=[[Military Sealift Command]] |work=Ship Inventory |access-date=27 September 2011 |date=16 January 2009 |archive-date=7 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607150824/http://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/ships.asp?ship=21 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*MV ''SSG Edward A. Carter, Jr.'' (T-AK-4544),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/ships.asp?ship=61 |title=MV SSG EDWARD A. CARTER, JR. (T-AK 4544) |publisher=[[Military Sealift Command]] |work=Ship Inventory |access-date=27 September 2011 |date=25 August 2006 |archive-date=7 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607150919/http://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/ships.asp?ship=61 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[MV Maj. Bernard F. Fisher (T-AK-4396)|MV ''Maj. Bernard F. Fisher'']]
*[[USNS Lawrence H. Gianella (T-AOT-1125)|USNS ''Lawrence H. Gianella'']]
*USNS ''SGT Matej Kocak'' (T-AK-3005),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/ships.asp?ship=113 |title=USNS SGT MATEJ KOCAK (T-AK 3005) |publisher=[[Military Sealift Command]] |work=Ship Inventory |access-date=27 September 2011 |date=16 January 2009 |archive-date=7 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607150410/http://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/ships.asp?ship=113 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*USNS ''1st LT Baldomero Lopez'' (T-AK-3010),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/ships.asp?ship=117 |title=USNS 1ST LT BALDOMERO LOPEZ (T-AK 3010) |publisher=[[Military Sealift Command]] |work=Ship Inventory |access-date=27 September 2011 |date=24 October 2006 |archive-date=7 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607150724/http://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/ships.asp?ship=117 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*MV ''LTC John U. D. Page''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/ships.asp?ship=134 |title=MV LTC JOHN U. D. PAGE (T-AK 4543) |publisher=[[Military Sealift Command]] |work=Ship Inventory |access-date=27 September 2011 |date=25 April 2008 |archive-date=7 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607150328/http://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/ships.asp?ship=134 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[USNS GYSGT Fred W. Stockham (T-AK-3017)|USNS ''GYSGT Fred W. Stockham'']]

Five of these vessels carry supplies for the [[United States Marine Corps|US Marine Corps]] sufficient to support a [[Marine Air-Ground Task Force]] for 30 days: USNS ''Button'', USNS ''Kocak'', USNS ''Lopez'', USNS ''Stockham'', and USNS ''Fisher''.

Prior to 2001, COMPSRON 2 consisted of up to 20 ships, including four Combat Force Ships which provided rapid-response delivery of equipment to ground troops in the [[United States Army]]. Three are [[lighter aboard ship]]s (LASH) which carry barges called [[Lighter (barge)|lighters]] that contain Army ammunition to be ferried ashore: MV ''American Cormorant'', SS ''Green Harbour'', (LASH), SS ''Green Valley'', (LASH), MV ''Jeb Stuart'', (LASH). There were logistics vessels to service the rapid delivery requirements of the [[United States Air Force]], [[United States Navy]] and [[Defense Logistics Agency]]. These included [[container ship]]s for Air Force munitions, missiles and spare parts; a 500-bed [[hospital ship]], and [[floating storage and offloading unit]]s assigned to [[Military Sealift Command]] supporting the Defense Logistics Agency, and an offshore petroleum discharge system (OPDS) [[Tanker (ship)|tanker]]. Examples of ships are [[MV Buffalo Soldier|MV ''Buffalo Soldier'']], MV ''Green Ridge'', pre-position tanker [[USNS Henry J. Kaiser|USNS ''Henry J. Kaiser'']], and tanker {{USNS|Potomac|T-AO-181}}.