I'd heard of Vieques and knew that the US Navy had used it - a place where people live - for bombing practice, but even though that has ceased, the people's struggle has not.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/30/vieques-puerto-rico-us-navy-base-training?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

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‘I thought they’d kill us’: how the US navy devastated a tiny Puerto Rican island

For decades, the military fired explosives on Vieques. The US citizens who live there still face the consequences

The Guardian