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Shannon Baird – Guantanamo on Guantanamo
Rock Creek Helzer Gallery
June 2013
Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Army Sgt. William Barnett, property book officer with Joint Detention Group, shares a picture of his 7-year-old twin daughters. Barnett also has a 15-year-old son. (U.S. Army photo by Pvt. Loren Cook/released)
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, A Puerto Rico National Guard member assigned to Joint Task Force Guantanamo locks the gate to Camp 4, Sept. 29, 2010. (JTF Guantanamo photo by USAF Senior Airman Gino Reyes)
Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, (Oct. 19, 2011) – A guard at Joint Task Force Guantanamo ensures that a detainee from Camp 5 is satisfied with the food being offered for lunch. 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. (JTF Guantanamo photo by U.S. Navy Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kilho Park) Unclassified – Cleared for public release.
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Master Sgt. John Asselin, assigned to Joint Task Force Guantanamo, performs the “Gitmo jump-off” as the base ferry gets underway, transporting service members to the air terminal. Service members jump from the pier next to the ferry landing to honor fellow service members and friends who are permanently leaving Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. (JTF Guantanamo photo by U.S. Navy Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class David Coleman)