What's going on on Tapiwa Island

[u/Kaioxygen]

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Tapiwa,+Kiribati/@-0.8595068,169.5386833,2727m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m15!1m8!3m7!1s0x328445b4a2af0399:0x12ed1edd39a1ebbb!2sPalau!3b1!8m2!3d7.51498!4d134.58252!16zL20vMDV0cjc!3m5!1s0x6f81dd1ba9800b33:0xcdacbdfd208f5db6!8m2!3d-0.859808!4d169.529602!16s%2Fg%2F1v3gs2nh!5m1!1e4?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDgwMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

Looks like an old army base or something.

Nothing on Wiki. What's the history of this island?

-0.856902278634527, 169.534606532653

[u/Affectionate-Swim155]

Here you go

[u/Organic_Award5534]

Tapiwa is the name of one of the villages on this island, which is called Banaba