NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba –– Protection isn’t just a task, it’s a mission within the mission. The Joint Task Force Southern Guard (JTF-SG) protection cell has stood as the shield ...

NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba — Some missions take months to plan. Others come together in a moment’s notice. Joint Task Force Southern Guard, or JTF-SG, is one of the latter. A force ...

The mission’s duration was to be 60 days, at which time we would be relieved by an Army-led Joint Task Force. No one expected the detention facility to be around more than a year. Twenty years ...

“These are dangerous criminals and Guantanamo is the safest place to house them while waiting for deportation flights.” It was an honor to meet with servicemembers assigned to Joint Task Force ...

The Joint Task Force Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO) oversees operations, with guards rotating in shifts to monitor detainees around the clock. Drones and cameras ensure that no movement goes unnoticed ...

Marines and soldiers have deployed to Guantanamo Bay ... have been directed to mobilize to Texas to establish a Joint Task Force Headquarters for the southern border mission.

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba — The U.S. has transferred ... The detention facility, which is run by a joint task force led by the U.S. Army, was created after President George W. Bush declared a ...

For all that, though, the Hawaii native is adamant that his last job — overseeing Guantanamo prison — best qualifies him for his new role. As deputy commander for Joint Task Force-Red Hill at ...

The United States flag decorates the side of a guard tower inside of Joint Task Force Guantanamo Camp VI at the US Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on March 22, 2016 [File: Lucas Jackson ...

He arrived at Joint Task Force Guantanamo in the spring of 2006 as its leaders were grappling with multiple challenges and global scrutiny. Aggressive tactics were adopted to break a hunger strike.

Veronica Knapp, shown here in December, was relieved as the senior enlisted leader of the Joint Task Force - National Capital ... She subsequently deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Romania and ...