# BoricuaReceipts Final Approval Card - Vieques/Culebra

Created: 2026-06-29
Status: Ready for Rick approval to move into internal production. Not approved for public posting, scheduling, ads, boosts, or outbound promotion.

## Lane Tag

- Primary lane: U.S. colonial control and conflict.
- Cadence type: stronger receipt post, not a quick surprise fact.
- Public voice: Spanish-first.

## Working Title

```text
Vieques y Culebra no eran campos de batalla extranjeros
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## Recommended Hook

```text
Vieques y Culebra no eran campos de batalla extranjeros.

Eran comunidades puertorriqueñas usadas para práctica militar de Estados Unidos.
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## 45-60 Second Script Draft

```text
Vieques y Culebra no eran campos de batalla extranjeros.

Eran Puerto Rico.

Y los recibos oficiales dicen que Vieques fue usado por la Marina para entrenamiento militar: fuego de barco a costa, bombardeo aire-tierra, desembarcos anfibios y almacenamiento de municiones.

En Culebra, el Army Corps dice que la isla y sus cayos fueron usados como área principal de práctica de artillería y bombardeo de la Marina hasta 1975.

Y todavía el tema no es solo pasado: esos mismos recibos hablan de municiones sin explotar, remoción y limpieza.

Ese es el punto.

A veces el colonialismo no se ve solo en leyes o mapas.

A veces se queda enterrado en la tierra.

¿Te enseñaron Vieques y Culebra como historia militar, ambiental, o colonial?
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## Caption Draft

```text
Vieques y Culebra no estaban al otro lado del mundo.

Eran Puerto Rico.

Los recibos oficiales dicen que Vieques fue usado por la Marina para entrenamiento militar, incluyendo fuego de barco a costa, bombardeo aire-tierra, desembarcos anfibios y almacenamiento de municiones.

En Culebra, el U.S. Army Corps describe que la isla y sus cayos fueron usados como área principal de práctica de artillería y bombardeo de la Marina hasta 1975, y que quedaron municiones sin explotar.

Ese es el punto: a veces el colonialismo no se ve solo en leyes o mapas. A veces se queda enterrado en la tierra.

¿Te enseñaron Vieques y Culebra como historia militar, ambiental, o colonial?

Sources: EPA Superfund, NAVFAC Navy, U.S. Army Corps.

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## Receipt Stack

1. EPA Superfund profile - Atlantic Fleet Weapons Training Area, Vieques
   - URL: https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/SiteProfiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=second.Healthenv&id=0204694
   - Supports: Vieques included former Navy lands used from the 1940s until 2003 for military training/operations, including ship-to-shore gunfire, air-to-ground bombing, Marine amphibious landing, combinations of those activities, and munitions storage.

2. NAVFAC Navy - Vieques Site Descriptions
   - URL: https://www.navfac.navy.mil/Divisions/Environmental/Products-and-Services/Environmental-Restoration/Atlantic/Vieques/Site-Descriptions/
   - Supports: former Atlantic Fleet Weapons Training Area served as a Navy training range from the 1940s until 2003; more than 300,000 munitions were fired during military training operations; live-fire ceased in 2001 and all Navy training ended in 2003.

3. U.S. Army - Munitions cleanup on Culebra advances
   - URL: https://www.army.mil/article/225015/munitions_cleanup_on_culebra_advances_increasing_safety_for_public_recreational_use
   - Supports: Culebra and adjacent cays became the primary gunnery and bombing practice site for the U.S. Navy in 1939 and were used until 1975; unexploded ordnance remains on land and in surrounding waters; U.S. Army Corps manages authorized cleanup under FUDS.

## Safe Claims

- Vieques and Culebra were Puerto Rican communities/islands used for U.S. military training.
- Vieques training included ship-to-shore gunfire, air-to-ground bombing, amphibious landing, and munitions storage according to EPA.
- NAVFAC says more than 300,000 munitions were fired during military training operations in Vieques.
- The Army says Culebra and adjacent cays were used for U.S. Navy gunnery and bombing practice until 1975.
- Unexploded ordnance and cleanup are official federal-record issues.

## Do Not Claim

- Do not say Puerto Rico was the only U.S. territory or U.S.-controlled land bombed/trained on by the U.S. military.
- Do not use broad health-impact claims in this post.
- Do not imply every part of Vieques or Culebra had the same exposure or risk.
- Do not stage fake archival bombing footage as evidence.

## Visual Direction

- Use a map/location card showing Puerto Rico, Vieques, and Culebra.
- Use official-source cards from EPA, NAVFAC, and Army.
- Use restrained terrain/coastline or document-style visuals, not sensational explosion imagery.
- If using symbolic visuals, label them as symbolic or keep them clearly non-evidentiary.
- Final source card should show the three source names and URLs in readable short form.

## Approval Ask

Approve this packet for internal production only:

- script,
- caption,
- source stack,
- visual direction,
- and production of a review draft.

Public posting/scheduling remains a separate approval gate after Rick reviews the finished draft.