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On April 27, 2003, The Miami Herald published a front page article by Marika Lynch entitled "Vieques ready to celebrate Navy's exit" which quoted Navy Capt. John R. Warnecke, Roosevelt Roads' commanding officer, as stating that he hoped celebrators "don't start fires. Because there won't be a Navy fire department there to put it out." Turns out that the Navy does not have a fire deparment, but that the municipal government does and it is open and functioning.