The Navy announced today that retired Adm. Leighton Smith, the former commander-in-chief of Allied Forces Southern Europe, and retired Gen. Charles Wilhelm, the former chief of U.S. Southern Command, will co-chair a study team tasked with finding a suitable alternative to the Navy's training site on Vieques Island, Puerto Rico. The Navy has come under heavy criticism from Congress for making the decision to give up Vieques, the training site for Atlantic Fleet forces for the past 60 years, without...
