Editing San Diego (section)

===Defense and military===
[[File:An MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter flies over San Diego. (24546100368) (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|View of [[Naval Base San Diego]]]]
The economy of San Diego is influenced by [[Port of San Diego|its deepwater port]], which includes the only major submarine and shipbuilding yards on the [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Full steam ahead for Nassco shipyard in San Diego |author=Ronald D. White |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/la-xpm-2011-jul-03-la-fi-made-in-california-shipyard-20110703-story.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=July 3, 2011 |access-date=September 1, 2012}}</ref> Several major national [[defense contractor]]s were started and are headquartered in San Diego, including [[General Atomics]], [[Cubic Corporation|Cubic]], and [[National Steel and Shipbuilding Company|NASSCO]].<ref>{{cite news |title=S.D. companies dominate defense industry rankings |url=http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2010/aug/11/8-san-diego-defense-contractors-get-high-ranking/ |newspaper=San Diego Union Tribune |date=August 11, 2010 |access-date=September 1, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visitsandiego.com/resources/CPW12/2-SanDiego.pdf |title=San Diego |work=San Diego Convention Center Corporation |publisher=City of San Diego |access-date=September 1, 2012 |quote=Several major defense contractors are also headquartered in San Diego, including General Atomics, Cubic and NASSCO. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505182218/http://www.visitsandiego.com/resources/CPW12/2-SanDiego.pdf |archive-date=May 5, 2012 }}</ref>

San Diego hosts the largest naval fleet in the world:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sccoos.ucsd.edu/docs/FY11-16_IOOS_Proposal_web.pdf |title=Submitted in response to Federal Funding Opportunity: FY 2011 Implementation of the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) |author=Eric Terrill |author2=Julia Thomas, Anne Footer |work=Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System |publisher=[[University of California, San Diego]] |access-date=April 21, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826191339/http://sccoos.ucsd.edu/docs/FY11-16_IOOS_Proposal_web.pdf |archive-date=August 26, 2011 }}</ref> In 2008 it was home to 53 ships, over 120 tenant commands, and more than 35,000 sailors, marines, [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] civilian employees and contractors.<ref name=Navy.mil /> About 5 percent of all civilian jobs in the county are military-related, and 15,000 businesses in San Diego County rely on Department of Defense contracts.<ref name=Navy.mil>{{cite web|title=Naval Base San Diego Thanks Navy League for Support|url=http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=38356|publisher=U.S. Department of the Navy|access-date=April 7, 2011|archive-date=June 24, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110624020835/http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=38356}}</ref>
[[File:Defense.gov photo essay 100813-D-7203C-008 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|[[Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego|Marine Corps Recruit Depot]]]]
Military bases in San Diego include [[US Navy]] facilities, [[USMC|Marine Corps]] bases, and [[United States Coast Guard|Coast Guard]] stations.
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>

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|lc=y}}, 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/|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|archive-date=March 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312012524/https://www.sdmac.org/media/uploads/meir-web.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>