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Subject: USS Kennedy Poses Danger For Vieques &
Puerto Rico
Vieques Support Campaign
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NO TO RACISM & IMPERIALIST WAR!
U.S. NAVY OUT OF VIEQUES & ALL OF PUERTO RICO!
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Committee for the Rescue and Development of Vieques
P.O. Box 1424 Vieques, Puerto Rico 00765
Tel. 787 741-0716 Fax 787 741-0358
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January 4, 2002
Press Release
USS Kennedy poses grave danger for
Vieques and Puerto
Rico
The Committee for the Rescue and Developemt of
The Committee for the Rescue and Developemt of
Vieques (CRDV) warned that the battle
group of
the aircraft carrier, USS John F. Kennedy, that
will
bomb here at the end of January, represents a grave
danger for our community.
The ships will arrive to test, using live
missiles, a new
computerized weapons system known as Cooperative
Engagement Capability (CEC). These will
be the first
ships in the US Navy to deploy with this
experimental
system.
Spokespersons for the CRDV pointed out that this same
Spokespersons for the CRDV pointed out that this same
battle group was carrying out maneuvers in
Vieques in
April of 1999 when David Sanes was killed.
They also
mentioned that the USS Kennedy failed a
routine
inspection due to a long list of deficiencies in
most of
the ship's
systems.
Captain Joyce, the highest ranking official of the
Kennedy,
was removed from his commandbecause of the
seriousness
of the problems identified. The Board
of Inspection and
Survey of the Altantic Fleet determined in
December of
2001, that ". the USS John F. Kennedy could not
prudently
demonstrate safe and reliable underway
operations."
As a result of the inspection report, holiday vacation leave
As a result of the inspection report, holiday vacation leave
was cancelled for all crew members.
Sailors on the
Kennedy will soon leave for Vieques without
vacation rest
and probably upset at not having had the
opportunity to
spend Christmas holiday with their families.
This situation
is combined with the tensions related to the
war and the
fact that the Kennedy battle group will leave
shortly for
the combat zone, to relieve the USS Theodore
Roosevelt.
According to the CRDV advisor on military affairs, Dr.
According to the CRDV advisor on military affairs, Dr.
D�borah Santana, from Mills Colege in
California, ".the
circumstances surrounding the arrival of the
Kennedy
battle group presents a serious threat to the
safety of
the Viequenses,
to the people in Eastern Puerto Rico
and nearby
islands. The possibility of an accident
during these next
maneuvers are increased because
of the material and
emotional conditions of the ships
and military
personnel."
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