Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A shekara ta 1973, an kammala gina tashar sadarwa ta Naval. A farkon shekarun 1970s, koma baya ga karfin sojan Amurka a yankin da suka hada da faduwar Saigon, nasarar Khmer Rouge a Cambodia, rufe tashar sauraren tashar jiragen sama ta Peshawar a Pakistan da kuma tashar Kagnew a Eritrea, da "Mayaguez" lamarin
, da kuma gina tashar jiragen ruwa na Soviet a Aden da kuma tashar jiragen sama na Soviet a Berbera, Somalia, ya sa Amurka ta nemi, kuma Birtaniya ta amince da ita, izinin gina tashar jiragen ruwa da kuma fadada filin jirgin sama a Diego Garcia, kuma Seabees sun ninka yawan ma'aikatan da ke gina wadannan wurare.