11.   In Puerto Rico, the Navy has become mired in a political dispute over using the island of Vieques as a bombing range.

12.   In Canada, the pattern was similar, with old bombing ranges on about half a dozen Indian reserves, ranging from British Columbia to Ontario.

13.   Instead, the military will explore moving the exercises, which include practice bombings and amphibious landings, to existing bombing ranges and facilities.

14.   It would provide space for amphibious landing exercises by Marines and an aerial bombing range for the Navy, Ortiz said.

15.   Just right for a bombing range, local officials say.

16.   Lately, Border Patrol agents find themselves conducting more and more rescue missions when illegal immigrants get stranded on the bombing range.

17.   Military officials have provided few details of the accident, saying only that the observation post was within the sprawling bombing range.

18.   Nonetheless, local officials admitted that the idea of a South Texas bombing range was an idea that needed to be approached with caution.

19.   President Clinton, who will decide the issue, awaits recommendations from Defense Secretary William Cohen on the future of the bombing range.

20.   Puerto Rican demonstrators have occupied the bombing range ever since the accident.