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Roosevelt Roads is a former naval base of the United States Navy in Ceiba, Puerto Rico . Today Puerto Rico operates the public airport José Aponte de la Torre Airport ( IATA code : NRR , ICAO code : TJRV ).
history
As Vice Secretary for the Navy, Franklin D. Roosevelt visited Puerto Rico, a suburb of the United States, in 1919 . After Washington, DC returned, he campaigned for the construction of a military airfield in Ceiba; However, the Federal Government was not convinced of the idea until Adolf Hitler began to conquer European countries. Given the theaters of war in Europe and the Pacific , the need for a military airfield on the West Indies was recognized .
In 1943 the US Naval Operations Base went into operation. By 1957, "Roosey" had opened seven times and closed eight times. Since 1957 Naval Station , it served the training in computer technology and telecommunications . Their main task was the tactical support of military maneuvers on the island of Vieques and in the Caribbean Sea . The M3 military mission was designed to help Puerto Rico, the United States, and Central and South American countries fight drug trafficking and illegal immigration . In the following decades the base was used for training flights and air surveillance . Many locals found work. 7,000 military and civilian employees lived and worked in 1,300 buildings . The soldiers' families were able to receive radio and television from Saint Thomas and San Juan as well as from their own transmitters . There is a golf course in the extensive base area . The length of the roads is over 100 miles .
When a civilian guard was killed by a cluster bomb in 1999, protests against the military presence on Vieques grew. The protagonists were Rubén Berríos , Jesse Jackson , Robert Francis Kennedy junior , Al Sharpton , Luis Gutiérrez , Rigoberta Menchú and Edward James Olmos . In March 2003, the Clinton Cabinet and local government agreed to stop the bombing. George W. Bush entrusted the administration of Vieques and Roosevelt Roads to the Puerto Rican authorities. The base was closed on March 31, 2004.
NAVSO
As a maritime part of the United States Southern Command , the US Naval Forces Southern Command had 1963-1975, 1985-1991 and since 2000 its headquarters in Roosevelt Roads. There were a total of 30 commands in Roosevelt Roads. Accordingly, great was the importance of the support point for warships of NATO .
Reservist training
Today reservists for the United States Armed Forces and the Puerto Rican National Guard are trained at two centers. Property protection , repairs , warehousing , simulation of weapon systems , transport, logistics , combat support , amphibious warfare and diving are practiced .
Federal Navy
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From the commissioning of which made destroyer of 103 / 103A / 103B class regularly land on Vieques target shooting. With the exception of the submarines , all ships of the German Navy later went to “Roro” as a unit. The Rommel (D 187) made the last single trip in 1981. For the guided missile destroyers, air target shooting with standard missiles was the main task. Later MM38 was shot and intercepted with a standard missile. This elaborate shooting was also applied to unmanned aerial vehicles . The German Navy did a lot more shooting than the US Navy, which helped with the evaluation. It was always about using standard missiles in border areas, not about "functional shooting", as is still common today in numerous navies.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Roosevelt Roads Naval Station (GlobalSecurity.org)
- ^ Communication from Hubertus von Puttkamer
Coordinates: 18 ° 14 ′ 17 " N , 65 ° 37 ′ 40" W.