Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua Nistas | Joint Task Force Guantanamo Public Affairs | 05.14.2010
Chris Petersen, a natural resource specialist with Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic, fits a GPS harness equipped on an anesthetized hutia, colloquially known as a banana rat, at the Guantanamo Bay Veterinary Treatment Facility, April 13. The purpose of the GPS unit is to track the migration patterns of the local hutia population. The hutia, nicknamed "Thor" during the procedure,......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua Nistas | Joint Task Force Guantanamo Public Affairs | 05.14.2010
An anesthetized hutia, colloquially known as a banana rat, lays on an examination table before being fitted with a GPS harness at the Guantanamo Bay Veterinary Treatment Facility, April 13. The purpose of the GPS unit is to track the migration patterns of the local hutia population. The hutia, nicknamed "Thor" during the procedure, will be tracked for the next three to four months before being......
Courtesy Photo | Joint Task Force Guantanamo Public Affairs | 05.14.2010
Chris Petersen, a natural resource specialist with Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic, helps José Montalvo, Naval Station Guantanamo Bay's natural resources manager, fit a GPS harness on an anesthetized hutia, colloquially known as a banana rat, at the Guantanamo Bay Veterinary Treatment Facility, April 13. The purpose of the GPS unit is to track the migration patterns of the local......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua Nistas | Joint Task Force Guantanamo Public Affairs | 05.14.2010
Chris Petersen, a natural resource specialist with Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic, fits a GPS harness on an anesthetized hutia, colloquially known as a banana rat, at the Guantanamo Bay Veterinary Treatment Facility, April 13. The purpose of the GPS unit is to track the migration patterns of the local hutia population. The hutia, nicknamed "Thor" during the procedure, will be......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua Nistas | Joint Task Force Guantanamo Public Affairs | 05.14.2010
Chris Petersen, a natural resource specialist with Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic, helps José Montalvo, the natural resources manager of U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay; fit a GPS harness on an anesthetized hutia, colloquially known as a banana rat, at the Guantanamo Bay Veterinary Treatment Facility, April 13. The purpose of the GPS unit is to find the migration patterns of......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Navy | 02.22.2008
Rear Adm. Christopher J. Mossey, commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic, Rear Adm. Mark S. Boensel, commander Navy Region Mid-Atlantic and The Honorable Joe S. Frank, mayor of Newport News, Va., all participate in the Navy's newest Public Private Venture housing project official groundbreaking ceremony that took place in downtown Newport News. The PPV project will construct......
