A construction worker measures out a section of wood
A construction worker measures out a section of wood flooring, April 15, 2008, at McCalla Air Field at Guantanamo Bay. The flooring will be used in the additions to Joint Task Force Guantanamo's Cuzco Barracks ... More
New Mexico Army National Guard Soldier Mitchell Ration
New Mexico Army National Guard Soldier Mitchell Ration processes work for the Joint Task Force legal assistance office, March 21, 2008. Ration, a family man, loves his job but misses his wife and kids back in A... More
Guantanamo service members scale steep terrain at the
Guantanamo service members scale steep terrain at the halfway point of the Bataan Memorial Death March, March 30, 2008. This was the first year that the event - organized by members of the New Mexico Army Natio... More
Edwin McCain performs his songs acoustically at the
Edwin McCain performs his songs acoustically at the Camp America Liberty Center for Joint Task Force Guantanamo Troopers, Nov. 1, 2008. McCain visited U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay to perform during the Nav... More
This courtroom sketch of Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi
This courtroom sketch of Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi was drawn by artist Janet Hamlin during al Hawsawi's arraignment in June, 2008. JTF Guantanamo conducts safe and humane care and custody of detained enemy ... More
Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Josh Bruns snorkels off
Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Josh Bruns snorkels off the coast of U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. Snorkeling is one of the outdoor recreational activities offered to Joint Task Force Guantanamo Troopers duri... More
Joint Task Force Guantanamo Troopers do their best
Joint Task Force Guantanamo Troopers do their best to pull a "humvee" 100 yards during the U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay Navy Exchange Customer Appreciation Weekend's humvee pull competition, Nov. 1, 2008. ... More
Keeping Joint Task Force Guantanamo From 'Bugging Out'
An insect catching unit, set out by the Joint Task Force Guantanamo's Joint Detention Group Preventive Medicine Office, sends out chemical scents both far and near, attracting mosquitoes to be captured inside, ... More
U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey visits Guantanamo
U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey visits Guantanamo Bay, Feb. 27, 2007. Mukasey's tour, like all distinguished visitor tours, was coordinated by the Joint Visitors Bureau, a directorate within Joint Task Fo... More
Army Cpt. Shane Lauritzen, Joint Task Force Guantanamo's
Army Cpt. Shane Lauritzen, Joint Task Force Guantanamo's transportation officer, is promoted to captain rank by Brig. Gen. Gregory Zanetti, deputy commander of the JTF, during Lauritzen's unique underwater prom... More
US COAST GUARD Guantanamo activity
Vice Adm. Robert J. Papp speaks to members of Coast Guard Reserve Port Security Unit 305, deployed to Joint Task Force Guantanamo, during an all-hands meeting. PSU 305 is responsible for patrolling the waters a... More
Chef Robert Irvine, star of the Food Network's "Dinner:
Chef Robert Irvine, star of the Food Network's "Dinner: Impossible," prepares dinner for 400 service members from U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay and Joint Task Force Guantanamo, Nov. 1, 2008. Irvine visited ... More
It has arrived ... Taco Bell Express opened for business,
It has arrived ... Taco Bell Express opened for business, Apr. 8, to a crowd of hungry guests that extended out the door. Capt. Mark Leery, Naval Station Guantanamo Bay commander, was on-hand for the ribbon cut... More
Joint Task Force Guantanamo deputy commander Army Brig.
Joint Task Force Guantanamo deputy commander Army Brig. Gen. Gregory Zanetti tells the story of Dina Baitler, who survived an execution at the age of seven, during a Holocaust remembrance service in the base ch... More
Army Sgt. 1st Class Anthony Anaya, right, pictured
Army Sgt. 1st Class Anthony Anaya, right, pictured with Joint Task Force Guantanamo's Morale, Welfare and Recreation representative Sgt. Brandin Schumann, a New Mexico National Guardsman deployed to the JTF, u... More
Army Spc. James "Jimmie" Villa proudly displays the
Army Spc. James "Jimmie" Villa proudly displays the gold medals he earned while boxing with the All Army and Armed Forces teams, Oct. 12, 2008. Villa, a former Golden Gloves champion, participated in the World ... More
Staff Sgt. Luis Ortiz steps out of the back of a truck
Staff Sgt. Luis Ortiz steps out of the back of a truck outside Joint Task Force Guantanamo's Camp 4, Oct. 5, 2008. Ortiz is a member of the Puerto Rico Army National Guard deployed here to support the JTF's det... More
Joint Task Force Guantanamo's Cuzco Barracks housing
Joint Task Force Guantanamo's Cuzco Barracks housing complex holds a large number of JTF junior enlisted personnel. The units are trailers divided into two separated living quarters with a shared bathroom, prov... More
U.S. Coast Guard Reserve's Port Security Unit 307 hosted
U.S. Coast Guard Reserve's Port Security Unit 307 hosted a Leadership and Management School, open to all Joint Task Force Guantanamo troopers, in an effort to reach out to service members and help develop their... More
Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Gene Cox, a boatswain's
Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Gene Cox, a boatswain's mate with Coast Guard Reserve Port Security Unit 305, aims a Browning M-2 .50-caliber machine gun at a floating target during a firing exercise, Jan. ... More
Army Sgt. Jonathan Vasquez, a light wheeled vehicle
Army Sgt. Jonathan Vasquez, a light wheeled vehicle mechanic with the 525th Military Police Battalion, performs routine maintenance on one of Joint Task Force Guantanamo's High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Veh... More
Navy Cmdr. Sal Aguilera, command chaplain for U.S.
Navy Cmdr. Sal Aguilera, command chaplain for U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay and also the Roman Catholic chaplain for Joint Task Force Guantanamo, celebrates mass, Oct. 26, 2008, at the JTF's Troopers' Chape... More
Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Gene Cox, a boatswain's
Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Gene Cox, a boatswain's mate with Coast Guard Reserve Port Security Unit 305, collects fired shell casings from a Browning M-2 .50-caliber machine gun after a firing exercise... More
Army Pfc. Alecia Stevenson, a chaplain's assistant
Army Pfc. Alecia Stevenson, a chaplain's assistant for the 525th Military Police Battalion, listens to a Joint Task Force Guantanamo trooper, Nov. 19, 2008. The JTF's Chaplain Section provides opportunities for... More
These tracks are from a female hawksbill sea turtle
These tracks are from a female hawksbill sea turtle crawling back to the ocean after laying a nest of eggs in the pebbled sand at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay's Windmill Beach during the night. Sea turtles... More
Air Force Senior Airman Albert Leyvas checks fuel levels
Air Force Senior Airman Albert Leyvas checks fuel levels on a bladder at Joint Task Force Guantanamo's Expeditionary Legal Complex, Nov. 3. Leyvas calculates the amount of fuel each bladder contains and determi... More
Navy Ensign Ian Underwood organized and participated
Navy Ensign Ian Underwood organized and participated in the trash clean-up at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay's "The Slot" and Cable Beach Oct. 26, 2008. This occasion was created as a community service oppor... More
Joint Task Force Guantanamo Troopers do their best
Joint Task Force Guantanamo Troopers do their best to pull a "humvee" 100 yards during the U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay Navy Exchange Customer Appreciation Weekend's humvee pull competition, Nov. 1, 2008. ... More
Army Capt. Chaplain Scott Brill dialogues with Troopers
Army Capt. Chaplain Scott Brill dialogues with Troopers as they are transported into Camp Delta. "Rap with the Chap" is a new weekly bus ministry designed to accommodate shift workers who may not attend church ... More
Navy Master Chief Petty Officer Craig McVeay (left),
Navy Master Chief Petty Officer Craig McVeay (left), master chief of the Joint Intelligence Group, and Army Cpt. Kimberly Kleiman, a Wisconsin Army National Guardsman deployed to support Joint Task Force Guanta... More
Humanitarian aid donated by U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo
Humanitarian aid donated by U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay and Joint Task Force Guantanamo's chapels sits aboard the U.S. Navy's USS Kearsarge while it is docked in Guantanamo Bay, Sept 20, 2008. The aid wil... More
Exemplary Artillery Battery Has Exemplary 1st Sergeant
Army Master Sgt. Jorge Diaz looks over a binder in his office here in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Joint Task Force Guantanamo conducts safe and humane care and custody of detained enemy combatants. The JTF conducts i... More
Joint Task Force Guantanamo's troopers were in for
Joint Task Force Guantanamo's troopers were in for a surprise at Kittery Cafe when they were challenged to give their best pirate impression for a chance to win a T-shirt Sept. 15, 2008. Radio Gitmo, in conjunc... More
Cuba-army Staff Sgt. Difred Pascual, non-commissioned
Cuba-army Staff Sgt. Difred Pascual, non-commissioned officer-in-charge of Joint Task Force Guantanamo's Chapel Section, talks with a Trooper in Troopers' Chapel, Oct. 15, 2008. Pascual and the chaplain's offic... More
Navy Cmdr. Sal Aguilera, command chaplain for U.S.
Navy Cmdr. Sal Aguilera, command chaplain for U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay and also the Roman Catholic chaplain for Joint Task Force Guantanamo, celebrates mass, Oct. 26, 2008, at the JTF's Troopers' Chape... More
Members of the 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment
Members of the 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment as seen last September. Navy photojournalists augment the unit in support of the Joint Task Force - Guantanamo public affairs mission. JTF-GTMO conducts saf... More
Navy Master Chief Petty Officer Craig McVeay (foreground),
Navy Master Chief Petty Officer Craig McVeay (foreground), master chief of the Joint Intelligence Group, speaks with Guantanamo Chief Petty Officer Selectees after they marched the 5.5 Mile Run/Walk section of ... More
Soldiers Undertaking Disabled Scuba
Charles James Shaffer swims through the water during his first certification dive as part of the Soldiers Undertaking Disabled Scuba program, Dec 5. Several members of Joint Task Force Guantanamo volunteered to... More
John Michael Montgomery plays to a crowd of U.S. Naval
John Michael Montgomery plays to a crowd of U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay residents, Nov. 2, 2008. Montgomery and his band visited the base as part of the Naval Exchange Customer Appreciation event and perf... More
Spectators at the inaugural flag-football game on U.S.
Spectators at the inaugural flag-football game on U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay's newly renovated Cooper Field Sports Complex purchase refreshments at the complex's snack bar, Nov. 3. The complex features a... More
Joint Task Force Guantanamo and U.S. Naval Station
Joint Task Force Guantanamo and U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay troopers pulled together to show support for Haiti after hurricanes ravaged the country leaving many people desperate for help and support. Troo... More
J4 Supply Property Book, operation Enduring Freedom
Army Sgt. Eric Regensberg orders and tracks supplies needed for Joint Task Force Guantanamo April 14. JTF Guantanamo conducts safe and humane care and custody of detained enemy combatants. The JTF conducts inte... More
Recycling Center, Guantanamo bay, Cuba
A BREMCOR employee at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay's Recycling Center sorts through aluminum cans, April 24, 2008, the day before the base's observance of Earth Day. Earth Day celebrations included a base ... More
Technology Directorate Keeps All Systems Online
Joint Task Force Guantanamo's technologies directorate contractor Elgen Lathan, left, provides technical assistance to Freedom of Information Act manager Randolph Cothran Sept. 16, 2008. The directorate's Help ... More
Going Out on Top, Guantanamo bay, Cuba
Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Russell Wolfe, an operations specialist with the Coast Guard Reserve's Port Security Unit 307, poses for a picture underneath Joint Task Force Guantanamo's Camp America sign,... More
A librarian for Joint Task Force Guantanamo browses
A librarian for Joint Task Force Guantanamo browses through the detainee library Arabic-language collection here in Camp Delta, March 31, 2008. The detainee library consists of more than 6,000 items, ranging fr... More
Joint Task Force Guantanamo troopers assigned to the
Joint Task Force Guantanamo troopers assigned to the 525th Military Police Battalion wait in U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay's air terminal before departing on their scheduled leave, Sept. 2, 2008. Troopers f... More
Humanitarian aid donated from Naval Station and Joint
Humanitarian aid donated from Naval Station and Joint Task Force Guantanamo's chapels sits aboard the U.S. Navy's USS Kearsarge, a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, while the ship is docked in Guantanamo Bay.... More
Holocaust Remembrance Service, operation Enduring Freedom
Dave DeGroff lights a candle during a Holocaust remembrance service in the base chapel on U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, May 2, 2008. The service included readings by base and Joint Task Force Guantanamo ch... More
US COAST GUARD Monthly Cleanup, operation Enduring Freedom
Members of the Coast Guard 313 Port Security Unit pick up litter along the road outside Joint Task Force Guantanamo. PSU members take turns doing monthly cleanups around U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. JTF G... More
An Air Force C-130 Hercules and a U.S. Coast Guard
An Air Force C-130 Hercules and a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter stand on the runway at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Air Station Leeward Point, Sept. 3, 2008. The air station supports the air operation needs of U.S. N... More
Gold Chief anchors prior to the Chief pinning ceremony.
Gold Chief anchors prior to the Chief pinning ceremony. Many rates were included from both Joint Task Force Guantanamo and U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. Dressed in their traditional khaki uniform, the new ... More
Staff Sgt. Luis Ortiz steps out of the back of a truck
Staff Sgt. Luis Ortiz steps out of the back of a truck outside Joint Task Force Guantanamo's Camp 4, Oct. 5, 2008. Ortiz is a member of the Puerto Rico Army National Guard deployed here to support the JTF's det... More
Navy Petty Office 2nd Class Marcus Arnold, a hospital
Navy Petty Office 2nd Class Marcus Arnold, a hospital corpsman assigned to Joint Task Force Guantanamo, prepares an injection at the Joint Troop Clinic here, Oct. 15, 2008. The JTC provides first line medical c... More
Navy Lt. Cmdr. Jeffrey Hayhurst, commander Navy
Navy Lt. Cmdr. Jeffrey Hayhurst, commander Navy Expeditionary Guard Battalion, discusses detainee operations in Camp Delta with Air Force Lt. Gen. Norm Seip, commander, 12th Air Force and U.S. Air Forces Southe... More
From left: Logan Stevens, Bryan Stanley and Brent Stevens
From left: Logan Stevens, Bryan Stanley and Brent Stevens place as the top three runners during the race portion of Saturday's Alzheimer's run-walk event. Bryan Stanley placed first with Logan Stevens and Brent... More
Army 2nd Lt. Kandi King, who recently perused her commission
Army 2nd Lt. Kandi King, who recently perused her commission as an Army officer, receives a customary salute and greeting from an enlisted Soldier walking past, Sept. 24, 2008. The custom of saluting an office... More
A Joint Task Force Guantanamo trooper displays reading
A Joint Task Force Guantanamo trooper displays reading materials from the JTF library for detainees to choose from, Nov. 18. Detainees regularly choose from the library's holdings of 8,000 books and magazines ... More
Army Master Sgt. Leonard Pimentel gives a speech reflecting
Army Master Sgt. Leonard Pimentel gives a speech reflecting on his years of service during his retirement ceremony at Joint Task Force Guantanamo's Troopers' Chapel, Dec. 12. The ceremony was a joint event, als... More
Navy Chaplain Rabbi Seth Phillips prays over the Kos
Navy Chaplain Rabbi Seth Phillips prays over the Kos L'Kiddush, or Kiddush cup, before a Shabbat dinner at the U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay residence of Jeff and Kathy Einhorn, Sept. 26, 2008. Phillips, a ... More
Joint Civilian Orientation Conference guests hear first-hand
Joint Civilian Orientation Conference guests hear first-hand about the high level of medial care offered to detainees in Camp Delta. Joint Task Force Guantanamo conducts safe and humane care and custody of deta... More
SeaBees at Work, Guantanamo bay, Cuba
Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Long and Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Jamion Thompson, attached to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4, tighten bolts on a metal structure being assembled here, Oct. 14, 2... More
The Windward Loop housing complex houses the majority
The Windward Loop housing complex houses the majority of Joint Task Force Guantanamo's officer and senior enlisted personnel. The units are refurbished permanent housing with up to four people living in them, c... More
Daunting Mission Success Through Teamwork
(From left), Army Sgt. Arthur Pacheco, Spc. Dominic Dominguez, Lt. Col. Joe Romero, 1st Lt. Sonya Montoya, Navy Lt. Brian Abbott, Staff Sgt. Drew Neal and Spc. William Holder make Joint Task Force Guantanamo's ... More
First certification dive, operation Enduring Freedom
Charles James Shaffer swims through Guantanamo Bay during his first certification dive as part of the Soldiers Undertaking Disabled Scuba program. Several members of Joint Task Force Guantanamo volunteered to a... More
Guardmembers earn discretionary points for joint designation
Air Force Maj. Gen. Jim Graves, the assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for Reserve Affairs, gives a slide-show presentation to Joint Task Force Guantanamo Guard and Reserve troopers at U.S. ... More
Spc. Keith Norman, a medic with Headquarters and
Spc. Keith Norman, a medic with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 525th Military Police, applies a suture to a Joint Task Force Guantanamo trooper at the Kittery Beach Joint Aid Station here Apr.15, 2008. ... More
Charred wood and smoke stains remain visible after
Charred wood and smoke stains remain visible after the Cuzco fire. The fire ignited old mops and clutter left between the trailers after a cigarette butt was disposed of improperly. Joint Task Force Guantanamo ... More
Air Force Master Sgt. Greg Brown, a member of the 474th
Air Force Master Sgt. Greg Brown, a member of the 474th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron, orchestrates the coordination of ten generators from the control board in a Camp Justice work tent, Oct. 3, 2008... More
Windmill Beach at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay
Windmill Beach at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay is a popular area for female hawksbill and green turtles to nest their eggs. Sea turtles nest their eggs at night and far enough from the shoreline that the t... More
Air Force Senior Airman Albert Leyvas, a liquid fuels
Air Force Senior Airman Albert Leyvas, a liquid fuels apprentice with the 474th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, checks the valves and connections of a fuel system, Nov. 3. Leyvas provides fuel support fo... More
Joint Task Force Guantanamo Trooper Ron Arnaud (right)
Joint Task Force Guantanamo Trooper Ron Arnaud (right) is presented a trophy by U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay's Morale, Welfare and Recreation Installation Manager Craig Basel for winning both the best boot... More
Army Capt. Chaplain Scott Brill dialogues with troopers
Army Capt. Chaplain Scott Brill dialogues with troopers as they are transported into Camp Delta. "Rap with the Chap" is a new weekly bus ministry designed to accommodate shift workers who may not attend church ... More
Bataan Death March Memorial, operation Enduring Freedom
Marines, Sailors and Soldiers troop up the long winding road on the Cuban boarder, March 30, 2008. Troopers from the Joint Task Force Guantanamo put together a Baatan Death March Memorial to commerate the 66th ... More
NEGB and PSU 313 Conduct Beach Cleanup
Members of the Navy Expeditionary Guard Battalion and Port Security Unit 313 joined together, Apr. 13, 2008, at Blue Beach for a community service beach clean-up. Blue Beach is a wildlife preserve at U.S. Naval... More
Actor Bradley Cooper chats with some Marines during
Actor Bradley Cooper chats with some Marines during a bus tour of Guantanamo Bay as part of his visit May 2-4. Joint Task Force Guantanamo conducts safe and humane care and custody of detained enemy combatants.... More
Light Medium Tactical Vehicle, operation Enduring Freedom
Army Sgt. Carlos Manchuca of the Puerto Rico Army National Guard instructs a driver on how to properly secure a Light Medium Tactical Vehicle for Hurricane Gustav which passed near U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo... More
Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Christopher Thompson loads
Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Christopher Thompson loads a bag of donated items into a box of goods awaiting transport to the USS Kearsarge which will ferry humanitarian aide to Haitian victims of Hurricane Ike.... More
Spiritual Troopers, Guantanamo bay, Cuba
From left to right: Joint Task Force chaplains, Navy Cmdr. Sal Aguilera, Army Capt. Eric Bay, Navy Lt. Cmdr. Clint Pickett and Army Capt. Scott Brill. "Our mission at JTF, is to ensure the free exercise of reli... More
Air Force Tech. Sgt. Chad LeBlank, a member of the
Air Force Tech. Sgt. Chad LeBlank, a member of the 474th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron, employs a hand held fogger to spray for insects and pests outside a Camp Justice tent, Oct. 3, 2008. The 474th ... More
Trooper of the Year, Guantanamo bay, Cuba
Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Johnny Boykins stands in front of Joint Task Force Guantanamo's Camp America sign after winning the JTF trooper of the Year competition, Nov. 13. "I put my best foot forward ... More
Iraq war veteran visits Guantanamo Bay for diving program
Charles James Shaffer, an Iraq war veteran who was severely wounded in September, accepts a memento of his visit to Guantanamo Bay from Joint Task Force Guantanamo commander Rear Adm. David M. Thomas, Jr. after... More
The Sacred Twenty – a group photograph of the first
The Sacred Twenty – a group photograph of the first 20 Navy Nurses, appointed in 1908. Taken at the Naval Hospital, Washington, D.C., October 1908. Joint Task Force Guantanamo conducts safe and humane care and ... More
Navy Petty Officers 3rd Class Robert Bartlett and Matthew
Navy Petty Officers 3rd Class Robert Bartlett and Matthew Long, steelworkers attached to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Four, let sparks fly while welding a section of a bridge, Dec. 1. NMCB Four is on a s... More
David Manzano plates up a sample of his team's grilled
David Manzano plates up a sample of his team's grilled pork ribs to submit for U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay's Morale, Welfare and Recreation Veterans Day Barbecue Competition, Nov. 11. Teams from both the ... More
Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Joe Dowdy, a trombone
Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Joe Dowdy, a trombone player with the Navy Quintet Southeast, plays his instrument during a concert at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay's Windjammer Restaurant Sept. 25, 2008. The ... More
Members of 525th Military Police Battalion get Girl
Members of 525th Military Police Battalion get Girl Scout Cookies.
Army Staff Sgt. Drew Neal, non-commissioned officer
Army Staff Sgt. Drew Neal, non-commissioned officer for the Joint Visitors Bureau at Joint Task Force-Guantanamo, coordinates for an upcoming distinguished visitor event. Neal handles such concerns as meals, tr... More
Mother's Day in Combat Boots, operation Enduring Freedom
Sgt. Valentina Herrera of the New Mexico Army National Guard reads a book for her son back home. Through the United Through Reading program, Herrera can stay in touch with her son by being videotaped reading a ... More
Box of goods for Haitian Hurrican Ike survivors
Army Staff Sgt. Difred Pascual, left, and Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Christopher Thompson, both chaplain assistants for Joint Task Force Guantanamo, load a box of goods to be transported to the amphibious ass... More
John Michael Montgomery encouraged audience members
John Michael Montgomery encouraged audience members to sing along during an acoustic performance for a small audience at the Joint Task Force Guantanamo Camp America Liberty Center, Nov. 1, 2008. Montgomery, wh... More
Vet Returns for Family, Fun, operation Enduring Freedom
Charles James Shaffer, an Iraq war veteran who was severely wounded in September, accepts a memento of his visit, Dec. 9, from Joint Task Force Guantanamo commander Navy Rear Adm. David M. Thomas, Jr. after Sha... More
Spc. Griselda Rivera, left, and 1st Lt. Shane Lauritzen,
Spc. Griselda Rivera, left, and 1st Lt. Shane Lauritzen, perform routine maintenance on one of the Joint Task Force Guantanamo logistics directorate's vehicles. The motor pool is responsible for the vehicle us... More
Movie icon Bradley Cooper autographs photos and dvd
Movie icon Bradley Cooper autographs photos and dvd cases of films he's starred in at the Navy Exchange Atrium on May 3 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
This courtroom sketch of Ali Abdul Aziz Ali was drawn
This courtroom sketch of Ali Abdul Aziz Ali was drawn by artist Janet Hamlin during Ali's arraignment in June, 2008. JTF Guantanamo conducts safe, humane, legal and transparent care and custody of detained enem... More
Newly pinned Chief, stand at attention during U.S.
Newly pinned Chief, stand at attention during U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay's Chief pinning ceremony Sept 16, 2008. Dressed in their traditional khaki uniform, the new chiefs received their pins and service... More
Army Cpt. Shane Lauritzen, Joint Task Force Guantanamo's
Army Cpt. Shane Lauritzen, Joint Task Force Guantanamo's transportation officer, salutes Brig. Gen. Gregory Zanetti, deputy commander of the JTF, after being promoted to the rank of captain during Lauritzen's u... More
Air Force Reserve Sgt. Shane Helms, a pavement and
Air Force Reserve Sgt. Shane Helms, a pavement and equipment sergeant deployed here with the 474th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron, constructs a porch rail, Dec. 16. The 474th ECES supports Joint Task ... More
Sarah Cleveland (middle), a Joint Task Force Guantanamo
Sarah Cleveland (middle), a Joint Task Force Guantanamo Trooper, instructs two students on the correct techniques for safely ascending back to the surface at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay's Phillips Dive Pa... More
Navy Chaplain Rabbi Seth Phillips prepares to pour
Navy Chaplain Rabbi Seth Phillips prepares to pour the wine into the Kos L'Kiddush, or Kiddush cup, before a Shabbat dinner at the U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay residence of Jeff and Kathy Einhorn, Sept. 26... More