the military defense of puerto rico is the responsibility of the united states as part of the treaty of paris. locally, puerto rico has its own national guard, the puerto rico national guard, and its own state defense force, the puerto rico state guard, which, by local law, is under the authority of the puerto rico national guard. the commander-in-chief of both forces is the governor of puerto rico, currently alejandro garcÃ­a padilla, who delegates his authority to the puerto rico adjutant general, currently brigadier general juan josÃ© medina lamela. the adjutant general, in turn, delegates the authority over the state guard to another officer but retains the authority over the puerto rico national guard as a whole. at the national level, the commander-in-chief is the president of the united states, currently barack obama. a branch of the u.s. army national guard is stationed in puerto rico âknown as the puerto rico army national guardâ which performs missions equivalent to those of the army national guards of the different states of the united states, including ground defense, disaster relief, and control of civil unrest. the local national guard also incorporates a branch of the u.s. air national guard âknown as the puerto rico air national guardâ which performs missions equivalent to those of the air national guards of the u.s. states. ==military facilities in puerto rico== 800px|center the former ramey air force base in aguadilla has been closed for decades, and no other air force bases or naval air stations remain. the puerto rico air national guard no longer has any fighter planes within its jurisdiction. on january 12, 1981, a group calling itself volunteer organization for the revolution claimed responsibility for blowing up six fighter jet planes in a puerto rico air national guard base at a loss of $40 million. retrieved july 27, 2009. responsibility for the air defense of puerto rico now rests with usaf or us navy fighters that would be flown in case of a military emergency. at different times in the 20th century, the u.s. had about 25 military or naval installations in puerto rico, some very small ones,osd, washington headquarters services, directorate for information operations and reports (dior); "atlas/data abstract for the united states and selected areas - fiscal year 1997;" department of defense; 1998. note: the count of 25 military installations included the branch component of the roosevelt roads naval facility on the island of vieques, as distinct from the roosevelt roads naval station in cieba as well as large installations. the largest of these installations were the former [[roosevelt road
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