It sits at the intersection of the Red Sea passage to the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean and controls a point of access to the Middle East oil fields. Since 1943 the Army and Navy operated a telecommunications facility in Asmara, Ethiopia, called Kagnew Station. . The installation was established in 1943 as a U. Army radio station, taking over and refurbishing a pre-existing Italian naval radio station, Radio Marina, after Italian forces based in Asmara surrendered to the Allies in 1941. Kagnew Station operated until April 29, 1977, when the last Americans. . Kagnew Station is a United States military radio receiving and transmitting facility located since 1942 at Asmara on the Ethiopian highlands. The station was located in the Tract A building which now houses the Rod and Gun Club and the PX Beauty Shop. The station used three. . Kagnew Station, located in Asmara, Eritrea, represents a significant chapter in the history of American military operations abroad during the Cold War. Established in the 1940s, this military base served as a critical communications hub, playing a pivotal role in the geopolitical landscape of the. . received access to the base from the British beginning in 1942. The United States would initially call the former Radio Marina the "Asmara Barracks," but the name "Radio Marina" would become the more enduring name f ates Army installation in Asmara, Eritrea on the Horn of Africa. In 1973, the Army ceased. .
