fleet's in

Being only 90 miles north of Cuba it's not hard to believe that the most powerful (and paranoid) government on the planet has an enormous naval presence in Key West. Every morning F-14s based on Boca Chica strafe the beaches, battleships and destroyers are ever present and at least twice a year an aircraft carrier will anchor out in the straights to shore-leave 6,000 of the brightest and healthiest young men and women you ever met.
Personally, I've never been big on battle flags, armed conflict or the politics that wave or wage them but, right - wrong or indifferent, I do have a healthy respect for the men and women in uniform and their choice to be out there getting it done.