Defense Department officials testified about the Navy’s decision to stop military exercises on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques. Javascript must be enabled in order to access C-SPAN videos.

Six years after angry protesters chased the Navy out of Vieques, the U.S. military has provoked a new outcry by suggesting it could re-establish a presence on the tiny Puerto Rican island.

WASHINGTON – The Pentagon today is expected to recommend an end to its controversial live bombing practices on the tiny island of Vieques, a move that will affect the way the military trains its ...

VIEQUES, Puerto Rico (CNN) -- Protesters faced off with the U.S. military on Friday at a Navy bombing range on Puerto Rico's Vieques Island. By midday, U.S. security forces had detained at least ...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, on Thursday to allocate $10 million to use closed detonation chambers in efforts to clean up military ordnance in Vieques, a smaller island located about seven ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – A U.S. agency has issued a long-awaited report saying it found no proof that decades of military practice bombing on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques sickened ...

Protests of U.S. military operations on Vieques were sparked in 1999 when two Navy jets on a practice bombing run accidentally killed a civilian Puerto Rican security guard when they dropped two ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The U.S. military has started tearing down wooden structures at its bombing range in Vieques as the Navy’s scheduled departure by May approaches, officials said Wednesday.

Defense Department officials testified about the Navy’s decision to stop military exercises on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques. Javascript must be enabled in order to access C-SPAN videos.