Defense and military
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The city is “home to the majority of the U.S. Pacific Fleet’s surface combatants, all of the Navy’s West Coast amphibious ships and a variety of Coast Guard and Military Sealift Command vessels”.<ref name=Navy.mil /><ref>{{cite news |title=San Diego companies lead state in ’11 defense contracts |author=Tierney Plumb |url=http://www.sddt.com/News/article.cfm?SourceCode=20120824czf |newspaper=San Diego Daily Transcript |date=August 24, 2012 |access-date=September 1, 2012 |quote=San Diego houses the largest concentration of military in the world; it is the homeport to more than 60 percent of the ships of the U.S. Pacific Fleet and more than one-third of the combat power of the U.S. Marine Corps. }}</ref>
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The city is “home to the majority of the U.S. Pacific Fleet’s surface combatants, all of the Navy’s West Coast amphibious ships and a variety of Coast Guard and Military Sealift Command vessels”.<ref name=Navy.mil /><ref>{{cite news |title=San Diego companies lead state in ’11 defense contracts |author=Tierney Plumb |url=http://www.sddt.com/News/article.cfm?SourceCode=20120824czf |newspaper=San Diego Daily Transcript |date=August 24, 2012 |access-date=September 1, 2012 |quote=San Diego houses the largest concentration of military in the world; it is the homeport to more than 60 percent of the ships of the U.S. Pacific Fleet and more than one-third of the combat power of the U.S. Marine Corps. }}</ref>
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The military infrastructure in San Diego is still growing and developing, with numerous military personnel stationed there, numbers of which are expected to rise. This plays a significant role in the city’s economy, as of 2020, it provides roughly 25% of the
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The military infrastructure in San Diego is still growing and developing, with numerous military personnel stationed there, numbers of which are expected to rise. This plays a significant role in the city’s economy, as of 2020, it provides roughly 25% of the GDP and provides 23% of the total jobs in San Diego.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/military/story/2019-10-10/u-s-military-economic-footprint-in-san-diego-is-growing-new-report-says|title=U.S. military economic footprint in San Diego is growing, new report says|date=October 10, 2019|newspaper=[[San Diego Union-Tribune]]|access-date=February 25, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnrsw/installations/navbase_san_diego.html|title=Welcome to Naval Base San Diego|website=Cnic.navy.mil|access-date=February 25, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sdmac.org/media/uploads/meir-web.pdf|title=2020 San Diego Military Economic Impact Report|website=Sdmac.org|access-date=February 25, 2021}}</ref>
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