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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) is a United States military base located on 45 square miles (117 km 2) of land and water on the shore of Guantánamo Bay at the southeastern end of Cuba.
The Guantanamo Bay Naval Base surrounds the southern portion of the bay. The U.S. Marines 1st, 2nd & 3rd Regiments at Deer Point Camp, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, April 26, 1911. The naval base, nicknamed "GTMO" or "Gitmo", covers 116 square kilometres (45 sq mi) on the western and eastern banks of the bay. It was established in 1898, when the ...
Map of Guantánamo Bay showing approximate U.S. Naval Base boundaries. This is a listing of commandants and commanders of the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base , located in Guantánamo Bay on Cuba . Brief timeline [ edit ]
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 ...
The Guantanamo Bay detention camp, [note 1] is a United States military prison within Naval Station Guantanamo Bay ( NSGB), also called GTMO (pronounced Gitmo /ˈɡɪtmoʊ/ GIT-moh) on the coast of Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. It was established in January 2002 by U.S. President George W. Bush to hold terrorism suspects and "illegal enemy combatants ...
Leeward Point Field. / 19.90639°N 75.20694°W / 19.90639; -75.20694. 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.
12 July 1940 – Contract signed with Frederick Snare Corporation to begin a vast construction program for build-up of the Station. 1 April 1941 – Naval Operating Base, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, established. 25 February 1948 – President Harry S. Truman visited Base. 18 June 1952 – Title of Naval Operating Base changed to Naval Base.
Naval Advance Base Espiritu Santo docks, now part of the City of Luganville. US Naval Advance Bases were built globally by the United States Navy during World War II to support and project U.S. naval operations worldwide. A few were built on Allied soil, but most were captured enemy facilities or completely new.