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- activity
- training on Vieques, live fire training
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- U.S. armed forces
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- United States Armed Forces
- commanding_authority
- U.S. President
- country
- United States
- description
- A branch of the United States Armed Forces whose training activities on Vieques are the subject of Presidential Directive 1001 and a planned referendum.
- objective
- enhance combat readiness
- parent_organization
- Defense Department
- primary_function
- naval warfare
- primary_role
- combat readiness
- role
- training provider
- role_in_text
- conducts training on Vieques
- specific_directive
- cease Vieques training within five years
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- conductsTraining operations on Vieques
- description
- The U.S. Navy conducts training exercises on the island of Vieques.
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- Page 15file
- source_text
- NAVY TRAINING ON VIEQUES NOVEMBER 29, 1999 My fellow citizens: Six months ago, there was a tragic accident at the Navy range on Vieques. Hillary and I were greatly saddened by the loss to the family of David Sanes (SAN- ness), and the suffering of the others injured that day. We remembered them in our prayers on Thanksgiving. That terrible accident focused attention on the longstanding concerns of residents of the island about training operations there
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- ensures
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- Page 23file
- source_text
- provide the training necessary to ensure satisfactory Navy and Marine Corps combat readiness
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- conductsNavy Training Operations on Vieques
- description
- The U.S. Navy is responsible for carrying out the training operations on Vieques.
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- Page 19file
- source_text
- Navy should end its training operations in Vieques
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- Page 19file
- will_resume_training_withUS Marine Corps
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- Both the Navy and Marine Corps will resume training on Vieques during the transition period.
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- Page 16file
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- while the Navy and Marine Corps will resume training on Vieques during the transition period,
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- will_cease_training_onVieques
- description
- Under one alternative of the Vieques vote, the Navy would stop all training on the island and depart by May 1, 2003.
- source
- Page 13file
- source_text
- the Navy will cease all training on Vieques and leave the island by May 1, 2003
- will_leaveVieques
- description
- Should the first alternative be chosen, the U.S. Navy is committed to departing the island.
- source
- Page 29file
- source_text
- and leave the island
- deadline_for_withdrawalMay 1, 2003
- description
- The U.S. Navy's departure from Vieques, if the first alternative is chosen, is set for this specific date.
- source
- Page 29file
- source_text
- by May 1, 2003.
- will_continue_training_onVieques
- description
- The second alternative presented for the Vieques vote involves the continuation of Navy training on the island under terms proposed by the Navy.
- source
- Page 13file
- source_text
- training will continue on Vieques on terms proposed by the Navy
- will_present_terms_forVieques Training Alternative 2
- description
- The U.S. Navy is responsible for outlining the conditions under which training would continue if the second alternative is chosen.
- source
- Page 29file
- source_text
- terms that will be presented [by the Navy]
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- conducts_training_onVieques
- description
- The U.S. Navy has long conducted training operations on the island of Vieques.
- source
- Page 13file
- source_text
- the Navy range on Vieques. I mourned the loss to the family of David Sanes (SAN-ness), and the suffering of the others injured that day. That terrible accident focused attention on the longstanding concerns of the island about training operations there. It led to a strong view in the Commonwealth that the Navy should end its training on Vieques
- to_cease_training_ifVieques Referendum (2002)
- description
- If the first alternative is chosen in the Vieques vote, the Navy will cease all training and leave the island.
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- Page 13file
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- If they choose the first alternative, the Navy will cease all training on Vieques and leave the island by May 1, 2003
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- to_come_up_with_timetablephasing out operations on Vieques
- description
- The Navy has been asked to formulate a detailed schedule for gradually discontinuing its operations on Vieques.
- source
- Page 21file
- source_text
- I have asked the Navy to come up with a specific timetable to phase out operations there
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- Page 21file
- training_future_determined_byReferendum on Navy Training on Vieques
- description
- The future of U.S. Navy training activities on Vieques will be decided through a referendum of the island's registered voters.
- source
- Page 24file
- source_text
- The future of Navy training on Vieques will be determined by a referendum of the registered voters of Vieques using Puerto Rico electoral laws and regulations as they exist at the time of this order.
- ceases_training_byMay 1, 2003
- description
- If the first alternative is selected in the referendum, the U.S. Navy will stop all training activities no later than May 1, 2003.
- source
- Page 24file
- source_text
- The first shall be that the Navy will cease all training not later than May 1, 2003.
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