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Guantanamo Bay Naval Base (Spanish: Base Naval de la Bahía de Guantánamo), officially known as Naval Station Guantanamo Bay or NSGB, (also called GTMO, pronounced Gitmo / ˈ ɡ ɪ t m oʊ / GIT-moh as jargon by members of the U.S. military [1]) is a United States military base located on 45 square miles (117 km 2) of land and water [2] on the shore of Guantánamo Bay at the southeastern end ...
Leeward Point Field [1] (IATA: NBW, ICAO: MUGM), also known as Leeward Airfield, [3] is a U.S. military airfield located at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. On August 18th 1993, a DC-8 freighter crashed in Leeward Point field. All 3 crew members survived.
The Nob Hill neighborhood of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base of the United States Navy in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, is located at the northeast end of Sherman Avenue. It is approximately 1 ⁄ 2 mi (0.80 km) south from the now-mothballed Camp X-Ray.
The United States first seized Guantánamo Bay and established a naval base there in 1898 during the Spanish–American War in the Battle of Guantánamo Bay. [ 5 ] : 160–163 In 1903, the United States and Cuba signed a lease granting the United States permission to use the land as a coaling and naval station.
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As of Wednesday, 27 detainees remain at Guantanamo Bay, the Pentagon said. According to the Pentagon’s release, 29 detainees remain at the military prison — 15 of whom are eligible to be ...
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