Roosevelt Roads Operating Area

There actually is no Roosevelt Roads operating area. It is called the Puerto Rican operating area centered around the Virgin Pass and Vieques which due to Puerto Rican protests is now shut down. Vieques was primarily used to train surface combatants for Naval Surface Fire Support. This consisted of shooting live rounds at specified targets on Vieques. With the closing of the range there really is no reason for Naval forces to deploy to the Caribbean and the closing of Roosevelt Roads Naval Station is anticipated.