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Soldiers assigned to South Atlantic Veterinarian District Command Detachment, insert a radio transmitter under the ribs of Pinky, a male Cuban boa while Army Capt. Carla Vega (middle) and Toledo Zoo herpetologist Peter Tolson, Ph.D., director of conservation and research, re-position him on the surgery table at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Station veterinary treatment facility, Oct. 13. Soldiers help, replace the transmitters before the battery expires and check the reproductive condition of the snake as well as document general health of each individual. The work is part of a study to better understand the threatened species. JTF Guantanamo provides safe, humane, legal and transparent care and custody of detainees, including those convicted by military commission and those ordered released by a court. The JTF conducts intelligence collection, analysis and dissemination for the protection of detainees and personnel working in JTF Guantanamo facilities and in support of the War on Terror. JTF Guantanamo provides support to the Office of Military Commissions, to law enforcement and to war crimes investigations. The JTF conducts planning for and, on order, responds to Caribbean mass migration operations.
| Date Taken: | 10.13.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 10.21.2011 12:54 |
| Photo ID: | 476589 |
| VIRIN: | 111013-A-MI669-431 |
| Resolution: | 4288x2848 |
| Size: | 5.59 MB |
| Location: | NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, CU |
| Web Views: | 157 |
| Downloads: | 4 |
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