Posted on Apr 29, 2015
Did you know that they closed Roosevelt Roads in Puerto Rico?
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Where are the Canadians going to paint their ships, lots of good times there and one wrecked destroyer.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/centralamericaandthecaribbean/puertorico/10919499/Ex-US-navy-base-has-become-a-ghost-town.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/centralamericaandthecaribbean/puertorico/10919499/Ex-US-navy-base-has-become-a-ghost-town.html
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I loved it there! Worked at the Dental Clinic, lived up in El Yunque. Spent many a weekend in the Virgin Islands, Antigua, Barbados. Life was magical
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I was station at Roxy, as part of USSOUTHCOM since 1986 to 1996, and I had great communication til 2002. The closure was a real drama and as so, at this time it does not matter. It is closed. However, It was the largest US Navy Station in the world, and with excellent point of strategical interest. As a matter of fact, the operation had to be divided in five locations, and it is a ... XYZ ... Nevertheless, they still have minor operation, and the Am-force cover some of the old strategy to keep the ears opened.
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CPO David R. D.
I was stationed at NSGA Sabana Seca, and our youngest son was born at Roosevelt Roads Naval Hospital in 1997. We loved doing the hike at El Yunque down to a waterfall and swimming in the water hole. It was the only place on the island where it was fresh water and was cold.
The Puerto Ricans got what the wanted after protesting the live weapons range at Vieques. These protesters came from the U.S, primarily east coast, and camped out on the beaches on Vieques. Our famous lovers of contention Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, and the Clintons supported the military leaving Vieques. After Vieques was closed, there was no purpose for the Navy to be there anymore. I often think of the amount of revenue the island lost when it forced the Navy out. Can you imagine how much money was spent when a carrier strike group came in for a liberty visit? As well as the foreign militaries that used the base and Vieques as well?
The only base currently still open is Ft. Buchanan, and most of it is primarily for the Reserves and National Guard. When were there, the only "Regular Army" unit was the Military Police unit. We knew this then, because I had a good friend who was a member of that unit and a member of the church I attended.
I had a Sailor work for me in Hawaii in 2015 that was Puerto Rican, and he said the island was his home, but he would never live there permanently because it was too run down. He only went back to visit family.
The Puerto Ricans got what the wanted after protesting the live weapons range at Vieques. These protesters came from the U.S, primarily east coast, and camped out on the beaches on Vieques. Our famous lovers of contention Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, and the Clintons supported the military leaving Vieques. After Vieques was closed, there was no purpose for the Navy to be there anymore. I often think of the amount of revenue the island lost when it forced the Navy out. Can you imagine how much money was spent when a carrier strike group came in for a liberty visit? As well as the foreign militaries that used the base and Vieques as well?
The only base currently still open is Ft. Buchanan, and most of it is primarily for the Reserves and National Guard. When were there, the only "Regular Army" unit was the Military Police unit. We knew this then, because I had a good friend who was a member of that unit and a member of the church I attended.
I had a Sailor work for me in Hawaii in 2015 that was Puerto Rican, and he said the island was his home, but he would never live there permanently because it was too run down. He only went back to visit family.
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If I remember correctly it closed about 10-12 years ago. Too bad because it was a great place to be stationed. I spent a little over a year there during my first tour after boot camp.
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