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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 occupying a location on 45 square miles (117 km 2) of land and water [2] on the shore of Guantánamo Bay at the ...
23 February 1903 : U.S. leases naval station at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba. [1] 6 October 1903 : Guantanamo Bay Naval Station leased to U.S. [2] 12 December 1913 : Naval Station officially opens. Cuban flag lowered.
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump ordered his administration Wednesday to begin preparations on a detention facility at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to house up to 30,000 ...
According to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the Naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is "a perfect place" where the Trump administration could hold up to 30,000 migrants while they await being ...
10 December 1913 – The Naval Station was officially opened at its present location, the main activities having been moved from South Toro Cay. 1924 (Winter) – First concentration of Atlantic and Pacific Fleets in Caribbean. 7 August 1928 – Naval Station damaged by hurricane, whose center passed 50 miles (80.5 km) to the south.
PHOTO: In this April 7, 2014, file photo reviewed by the US military and made during an escorted visit shows a sign on the road to the US Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
The Guantanamo Bay detention camp, [note 1] also known as GTMO (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ t m oʊ / GIT-moh), GITMO (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ t m oʊ / GIT-moh), or simply Guantanamo Bay, is a United States military prison within Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NSGB), on the coast of Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
The United States and Cuba have had a tense relationship over the past 55 years. While things have gradually gotten better, it wasn't until recently that Americans were able to legally travel to ...