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Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (Jun. 11, 2005) Sailors "stationed aboard" GTMO 5.0, center, paddle to a 3rd place victory in the U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, 5th Annual Cardboard Regatta. GTMO 5.0 was one of 23 entrie More

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (Jun. 11, 2005) Master-at-arms 3rd Class Timothy Crowley, right, and GTMO 5.0 Commanding Officer, Lt. j.g. Eric Madonia, paddle to a 3rd place victory in the U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, More

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (Jun. 20, 2005) U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane WMEC 903 moored at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (GTMO), Cuba pier Bravo. The Harriet Lane's primary responsibility is counter drug More

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba -- Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Gene Starling, an avionics electrical technician, from the Coast Guard Aviation Training Center in Mobile, Ala. conducts pre-flight checks before a pa More

GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA -- Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel Couch, a aviation maintenance technician on a HU-25A Falcon jet from Coast Guard Aviation Training Center in Mobile, Ala., inspects one of the More

GUANTANIMO BAY, Cuba - Members of the Maritime Safety and Security Team (MSST) 91103 from Los Angeles/Long Beach bow their heads during the benediction of the Maritime Enforcement Specialist ceremony Tuesday, D More

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (Jan. 21, 2010) A Sailor assigned to Task Force (TF) 48 moves pallets of relief supplies at the airfield at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (GTMO). TF-48 is leading the joint logistics hub at More

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (Apr. 29, 2010) The U.S. Coast Guard Medium Endurance-class cutter USCGC Seneca (WMEC-906) gets underway from the Naval Station Guantanamo (GTMO) Bay, Cuba after taking on fuel and stores. More

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (Apr. 29, 2010) Coastguardsmen assigned to the U.S. Coast Guard Medium Endurance class cutter USCGC Seneca (WMEC-906) shift colors as the ship gets underway from the Naval Station Guantanam More

Petty Officer 1st Class William Davis, attached to the Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Dive Locker, adjusts the linkaged on a pier. The Sailors attached to the NAVSTA GTMO Dive Loker perform a wide variety More

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (May. 18, 2010) Electronics Technician 1st Class Michael Schiltz, assigned to Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (GTMO), Cuba, adjusts a modem on a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) remote seismic st More

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (Jun. 09, 2010) The Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Wally Schirra (T-AKE 8) pulls into port at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (GTMO). Wally Schirra pulled in More

Three Navy Seabees attached to Navy Mobil Combat Battalion 25 pay their respects at a memorial service at the base chapel on the Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The memorial service was held to honor three More

An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Argonauts of Strike Fighter Squadron 147 launches from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan during a Rim of the Pacific 2010 training mission. RIMPAC is th More

Two U.S. Coast Guard harbor patrol boats attached to Joint Task Force Guantanamo escort the Cuban Tug Boat STGO De Cuba through the harbor at the Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. STGO De Cuba towed a barge through More

Command Master Chief Pettty Officer J. D. McKinny, the Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Command Master Chief hosts Olympic silver medalist Todd Lodwick, NASA Astronaut Steve Swanson and Robi Powers the founde More

Sailors assigned to Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron 9 and U.S. Coast Guardsman assigned to Port Security Unit 308 carry an injured sailor to safety during a Navy Expeditionary Combat Command Integrated More

Marines fast rope from a CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter onto the flight deck of the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Leroy Grumman during a composite unit training exercise. (U.S. Navy pho More

Michael Albritton navigates a kayak during a confidence building evolution at Camp Trident summer camp. Navy Expeditionary Combat Command Chief Petty Officers Association chose to sponsor Albritton based on the More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Erik Nowak, hospitalman, assigned to Company I, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, prepares to reload his M4 service rifle during training exercise Enhanced Mojave Viper at Marine Corps More

Esteban Quintero, fireman apprentice, left, and Airman Dylan Roberts, both assigned to USS Constitution, steer the rudder aboard the Friendship of Salem as part of their final evolution of sail training. Consti More

Sailors prepare to attach cargo to an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the Island Knights of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 25 aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington during a vertical replenishmen More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Corey Hill, damage control specialist, assigned to the amphibious transport dock ship USS Dubuque, explains the use of the peri-jet eductor during Operation Bungalow Breeze with the Mald More

Petty Officer 1st Class Derrick Edwards, machinist's mate, explains various pipe patching methods to a group of educators during an educator orientation visit at the Submarine Learning Center Detachment San Die More

A CH-53E Sea Stallion helicopter approaches the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Leroy Grumman during a joint training exercise with the amphibious transport dock ship USS Ponce. Ponce is More

An AV-8B Harrier assigned to Marine Attack Squadron 452 prepares to launch from the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima. Iwo Jima departed Norfolk en route to Central and South America and the Car More

The North East Gate at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is the only entry and exit point to mainland Cuba from the naval station. It has been closed to base personnel since the United States broke off diplom More

Personnel department Sailors perform physical training in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. Carl Vinson is underway conducting local operations off the coast of Southern California. (U.S. More

Capt. John Pope, Master of the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Amelia Earhart, directs the ship during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training Singapore 2010. CARAT is a series of More

Rear Adm. Paul Bushong, center, commander of Joint Region Marianas, signs a memorandum of understanding with the Consolidated Commission on Utilities, Guam Waterworks Authority and Guam Power Authority at the R More

Petty Officer 1st Class Sam Money, aviation ordnanceman, left, from Dallas, instructs Sailors in identifying the components of an MK 62-63 Quickstrike training mine in the forward magazine aboard the aircraft c More

Capt. O.P. Honors, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, addresses Sailors during a captain's call in the ship's hangar bay. Enterprise is on a scheduled underway for fleet replacement squa More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Drew Iverson, culinary specialist, launches an SH-60F Sea Hawk helicopter from the U.S. 7th Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge shortly after the ship departed Commander, Fleet Activities, More

An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Gunslingers of Strike Fighter Squadron 105 launches from the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman. The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is deployed to support maritim More

Navy Chief Petty Officers assigned to Naval Station Guantanamo Bay Cuba, clean the plaque while and remove debris at the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action memorial at the base. Maintenance and restoration was More

Navy Chief Petty Officers assigned to Naval Station Guantanamo Bay Cuba, clean the plaque while and remove debris at the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action memorial at the base. Maintenance and restoration was p More

Sailors, Marines and civilians assigned to the Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, perform the ‘GTMO Jump Off’ while the base ferry gets underway. Base residents perform the jump off to honor fellow service me More

GTMO Girl Scouts pose in front of boxes of Girl Scout Cookies at the Naval Station’s W.T. Sampson Elementary School. A ceremony was held at the school to kick off the distribution of 1,600 cases of donated coo More

Buses stand by to transport Sailors and Marines assigned and embarked aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima during a port visit to Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Iwo Jima is partici More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua Frisbee, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 7, ties rebar cages to be placed in the ground for the construction of a youth facility at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, More

The U.S. Coast Guard medium endurance class cutter USCGC Valiant pulls into Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Valiant is deployed to conduct counter narco-terrorism and migrant operations in the Caribbean reg More

PGA Professional Golfer Jon Fine demonstrates a proper 'closed eyes' golf swing to service members at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay Cuba. Fine was brought to the naval station by the base Moral, Welfare and Rec More

Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Rick D. West speaks to service members and civilians at the Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Navy Ball. West also visited with Sailors of and toured the Naval Station a More

High Speed Vessel Swift pulls into Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Swift will be deployed supporting Southern Partnership Station 2011, an annual deployment of various specialty platforms to the U.S. Southe More

High Speed Vessel Swift pulls into Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Swift will be deployed supporting Southern Partnership Station 2011, an annual deployment of various specialty platforms to the U.S. Southe More

Command Sgt. Maj. Daniel F. Borrero, 525th Military Police Battalion, briefs Troopers about their role in the “Army Navy Spirit” video recording that was shot with Joint Task Force Guantanamo Army soldiers and More

The U.S. Coast Guard cutter USCGC Sitkinak (WPB 1329) pulls into the Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for fuel and supplies. Sitkinak is deployed to conduct counter narco-terrorism and migrant operations in t More

Lt. Col. J. Scott Frampton, Executive Assistant of Joint Task Force Guantanmo, stands in front of the JTF Headquarters.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Johnny Abner, engineman, runs with the ball during an Army-Navy flag football game at Cooper Field. The game was played to showcase spirit and support for the football game played betwee More

Command Master Chief J.D. McKinney inspects chief and senior chief petty officers during a command inspection at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Casey John, a steelworker assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 28, completes welding repairs on a recreational dive platform on Phillips Beach. NMCB-28 is deployed to Guantana More

Petty Officer 2nd Class, construction electrician, Raynita Garner, left, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Corey Lawlis, builder, plant a palm tree in the yard surrounding the chapel at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, More

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (Jan. 13, 2011) Steelworker 3rd Class Blake Johns and Builder 1st Class Daniel Monroe, both assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 28, prepare to place concrete bollards on More

A pilot from the U.S. Navy harbor tug boat Dekanawida climbs a ladder to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall to help guide the ship into port at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Gunston Hall i More

U.S. Navy harbor tug boat Santaquin approaches the amphibious dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall as it arrives at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Gunston Hall is on deployment in support of Southern Partne More

Detention Camp VI detainees are granted several hours of access daily to the camp's super recreational yard at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, April 9, 2013. (Photo by Spc. Chalon Hutson.)

Copies of artwork created by detainees hang on the walls of the Detainee Library at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on April 9, 2013. (Photo by Spc. Chalon Hutson.)

HOMESTEAD, Fla. - Maritime Safety and Security Team (MSST) Miami (91114) members are greeted by their families during their homecoming at Homestead Air Reserve Base, May 13, 2011. During the extended deployment More

HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Rear Adm. William Baumgartner, Commander of the Seventh Coast Guard District, welcomes home Lt. Cmdr. Bryan Clampitt, commanding officer of Maritime Safety and Security Team (MSST) Miami (91 More

HOMESTEAD, Fla. - Maritime Safety and Security Team (MSST) Miami (91114) members deplane during their homecoming at Homestead Air Reserve Base, May 13, 2011. During the extended deployment, MSST Miami members w More

HOMESTEAD, Fla. - A Maritime Safety and Security Team (MSST) Miami (91114) member is greeted by his family during his homecoming at Homestead Air Reserve Base, May 13, 2011. During the extended deployment, MSST More

HOMESTEAD, Fla. - Lt. j.g. Caitlyn Quinn, public affairs officer of Maritime Safety and Security Team (MSST) Miami (91114), conducts an interview during MSST Miami's homecoming, May 13, 2011. During the extende More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeremy Keller, a construction electrician assigned to Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, presents a wreath to Cmdr. William Rabchenia, executive officer of GTMO, during a wreath-laying ceremo More

A U.S. Coast Guard maritime safety and security team Boston patrol boat assigned to Joint Task Force Guantanamo Bay escorts the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Gallatin. The cutter is in Guantanamo Bay for a scheduled More

Incoming 1st Sgt. Jason M. Schofield salutes Capt. Wendell B. Jackson, the incoming commander for the 525th Military Police Battalion during the Change of Command and Change of Responsibility ceremony July 22. More

The sun sets over Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. NAVSTA GTMO is home to JTF Guantanamo, which provides safe, humane, legal and transparent care and custody of detainees, including those convicted by military com More

Dr. Jonathon Woodson, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs and Director, fields questions, Aug. 22, by staff members during a tour of the Naval Station Guantanamo Bay Hospital. The NAVSTA GTMO Hosp More

Chief (select) Petty Officer Amy Zagorski, operations specialist, and Chief (select) Petty Officer Cleveland Freeman, machinist's mate, perforce exercises during physical fitness training in the Marine Hill swi More

Toledo Zoo herpetologist Peter Tolson, Ph.D., director of conservation and research, gently grasps a sedated Cuban boa before rolling the snake over for surgery to insert a radio transmitter necessary for track More

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (Oct. 21, 2011) The United States Coast Guard sea-going buoy tender USCGC Oak (WLB 211) gets underway from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (GTMO), Cuba. Oak was at GTMO to perform repairs and More

BOSTON - Family members of U.S. Coast Guard's Maritime Safety and Security Team Boston (91110) wait for the return of their loved ones following a six-month deployment in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Nov. 15, 2011, a More

BOSTON - A U.S. Coast Guard's Maritime Safety and Security Team Boston (91110) member holds his daughter after returning from a six-month deployment in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Nov. 15, 2011, at Hanscom Air Force More

BOSTON - A U.S. Coast Guard's Maritime Safety and Security Team Boston (91110) member holds his daughter after returning from a six-month deployment in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Nov. 15, 2011, at Hanscom Air Force More

BOSTON - A U.S. Coast Guard's Maritime Safety and Security Team Boston (91110) member holds his daughter after returning from a six-month deployment in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Nov. 15, 2011, at Hanscom Air Force More

BOSTON - A U.S. Coast Guard's Maritime Safety and Security Team Boston (91110) member and his family talk with local media after his return from a six-month deployment in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Nov. 15, 2011, at More

Chief Damage Controlman Matthew Caswell, San Diego Maritime Safety and Security Team's Maintenance Leading Chief Petty Officer, scrapes paint off of Naval Station Guantanamo's Winward Watchstation before prepar More

New books line the shelves of the renovated MWR library at Guantanamo Bay, April 17.

Rear Adm.'s David Woods, outgoing commander of Joint Task Force-Guantanamo, and John Smith Jr., incoming commander, greet Gen. Douglas Fraser as he departs his plane at the air terminal on Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. More

U.S. Navy Rear Adm. John W. Smith, Jr. is piped aboard prior to assuming duties as commander, Joint Task Force Guantanamo, June 25, 2012. (Joint Task Force Guantanamo photo by MC2 Joshua Hammond, U.S. Navy)

U.S. Navy Boatswain's Mate 1st Class Dmitry Spiridonov secures an accommodation ladder on the port side of guided missile frigate USS Underwood (FFG 36) as the ship departs U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cu More

Staff Sgt. Katherine Baker is from the 193rd Military Police Company.

An airman from the 474th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron/Base Emergency Engineering Force zip ties security netting to the ground near Office of Military Commissions facilities on Naval Base Guantanamo More

An airman from the 474th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron/Base Emergency Engineering Force zip ties security netting to the ground near Office of Military Commissions facilities on Naval Base Guantanamo More

Contractors from Bremcor (US Government Contract) tie down geo-fabric netting that surrounds the detainee camps at Joint Task Force Guantanamo in preparation for Tropical Storm Isaac. Tropical Storm Isaac is sc More

Contractors from Bremcor (U.S. Government Contract) tie down geo-fabric netting that surrounds the detainee camps at Joint Task Force Guantanamo in preparation for Tropical Storm Isaac. Tropical Storm Isaac is More

Sgt. Jose Poupart and Sgt. Alexander Lopezmolina of the Puerto Rico National Guard prepare for Tropical Storm Isaac by loading bottled water into the Joint Task Force Guantanamo Headquarters building.

Soldiers of the Joint Task Force Guantanamo wait for the bus that will take them to storm safe shelters in preparation for Tropical Storm Isaac. The tropical storm is expected to reach land by Aug. 25, 2012.

Service members work together to pick up litter around U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay's Cable beach during a beach brigade organized by Morale, Welfare and Recreation's Liberty Program on Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012.

Forrest Welsh, a Boy Scout with Troop 435, Guantanamo Bay is congratulated by Marines stationed here on the completion of his Eagle Scout project which was to construct a new monument commemorating the Battle o More

A color guard, made up of service members of every branch, present the service flags at the beginning of Tuesday’s memorial service at the U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay main chapel. Honoring the 11th annive More

Army Master Sgt. Luis Olmo and Marine Cpl. Tyler Truesdale enjoy the Puerto Rican culinary offerings of Tuesday night's cooking class.

Waves crash hard at Ferry Landing in Guantanamo Bay Oct. 25 after Hurricane Sandy swept through the island. No injuries to base personnel were reported and the community is banding together to clean up storm debris.

Damage being repaired on the roof of the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Arts and Crafts Center after Hurricane Sandy made landfall.

Air Force Master Sgt. Richard Dale Baskette and his son Senior Airman Richard Grant baskette Jr. pose in front of Camp Justice in Guantanamo Bay Nov. 6.

A detainee walks the perimeter of the recreation yard in a detention camp at Guantanamo Bay Nov. 7.

NEW ORLEANS - A Maritime Safety and Security Team New Orleans member embraces his son after a welcome home ceremony at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, Nov. 14, 2012. During the deployment, Mar More

NEW ORLEANS - A Maritime Safety and Security Team New Orleans member embraces his wife after a welcome home ceremony at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, Nov. 14, 2012. During the deployment, Ma More

NEW ORLEANS - A Maritime Safety and Security Team New Orleans member embraces his family after a welcome home ceremony at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, Nov. 14, 2012. During the deployment, More

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba - A Coast Guard 32-foot Transportable Port Security Boat arrives at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, aboard an Air Force C-17, for its first operational deployment, Jan. 12, 2013. Port Securit More

Detainee Camp VI mantle depicting construction of facility information, Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, April 10, 2013. (Photo By Army Sgt. Brian Godette)