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- # Training Necessity
## Overview
This entity is a text segment extracted from a legal document titled *Vieques Remarks*, created on January 28, 2026. It spans lines 563 to 573 of the source file and is labeled "Training Necessity." The segment articulates the imperative of military readiness and the role of training exercises, particularly in the context of U.S. Navy operations on the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico.
## Context
The segment is part of [Vieques Remarks](arke:01KG2TSWADQKM6FJC6H5J03W80), a document containing video remarks delivered by President William Jefferson Clinton on November 29, 1999, addressing the controversy surrounding Navy training activities on Vieques. It follows the segment [Accident and Concerns](arke:01KG2TTKJ2GBH87B5WGN45T3YE), which discusses public backlash after a fatal accident during training, and precedes [Alternative Training](arke:01KG2TTKB18EJV440SDBGJSGX4), which outlines proposed changes to training protocols. The document resides within the [Test Collection](arke:01KG2T49K0H5GDRB0G4YDTPG8H) and was derived from a plain text file generated from scanned images of the original document.
## Contents
The segment emphasizes the President’s responsibility as Commander in Chief to ensure military personnel are adequately trained before deployment. It acknowledges Puerto Rico’s long-standing contribution to U.S. defense efforts and notes that many Puerto Ricans, including some present, have trained on Vieques. The passage underscores the necessity of realistic training while implicitly balancing it against the concerns of local residents, setting the stage for policy announcements about modified training operations. A reference to page 20 appears in comment form, indicating the original document’s pagination.
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- At the same time, as Commander in Chief, I cannot send our servicemen and women into
harm's way if they have not been adequately trained. I know that Puerto Ricans understand
that as well as anybody. Puerto Rico has a proud heritage of sending its sons and daughters
to serve in the Armed Forces of the United States. You have never turned your back on your
duty to share in the burden of defending our country. Some of you have even trained on
Vieques.
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