Courtesy Story | U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command / U.S. 4th Fleet | 02.06.2025
NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – (Feb 6, 2025) – Rear Adm. Carlos Sardiello, Commander U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet, and Rear Adm. John Hewitt, Commander, Navy Region Southeast, visited Joint Task Force Southern Guard onboard Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NSGB) February 5 and 6, as the Joint Task Force prepares to receive illegal aliens from the United States.......
Courtesy Story | U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command / U.S. 4th Fleet | 02.04.2025
The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS St. Louis (LCS 19) is moored at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NSGB) and the crew is supporting the expansion of the base’s Migrant Operations Center as part of Operation Southern Guard. At the direction of the President of the United States to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Defense (DOD), U.S. military......
Story by Staff Sgt. Matthew Gunther | New York National Guard | 01.27.2025
LATHAM, New York—Hundreds of friends and family members said a formal farewell to 111 Soldiers of the New York National Guard’s 206th Military Police Company, who are deploying to Guantanamo Bay, on Saturday, January 25. Maj. Gen. Ray Shields, the adjutant general of New York, and other Guard leaders, also attended the ceremony held at Shaker High School in Latham, New York....
Story by Lori Stewart | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 11.26.2024
On 25 November 1991, the 96th Civil Affairs Battalion arrived at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. The battalion’s mission was to establish and manage camps for rescued Haitian migrants fleeing potential persecution in their native country. Part of the battalion’s deployed force for this humanitarian mission was Cpt. James A. Vick, Jr., and his nine-man S-2 Section....
Story by Joycelyn Biggs | Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba | 06.06.2024
Capt. Michael “Heavin’” Stephen relieved Capt. Samuel S. White as the commanding officer of Naval Station Guantanamo Bay during a change of command ceremony on June 6, aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Thetis (WMEC 910)....
Story by Master Sgt. Helen Miller | Michigan National Guard | 04.09.2024
The water spray arch of two Detroit Metro Airport firetrucks marked the homecoming of 62 Citizen-Soldiers belonging to the Michigan National Guard’s 177th Military Police Brigade, following their overseas deployment to Joint Task Force Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in the Southern Command Area of Responsibility....
Story by Yan Kennon | Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Southeast | 09.11.2023
Naval Station (NS) Guantanamo Bay hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for its newly constructed power plant complex on September 7....
Story by Thomas Walsh | Defense Health Agency | 02.08.2021
Maintaining physical, mental, and spiritual health over the past year has been just as much of a challenge for our Service members as it has for the population as a whole, according to numerous experts. So, it makes sense that from a military standpoint, the concept of Total Force Fitness (TFF) has been in need of a re-introduction....
