j.t. schrieb:Gerne! Können wir mit Guantanamo anfangen?
KLar, Marinebasise wo zwischenzeitlich Verwahrungslager für irreguläre Kämpfer untergebracht waren.
IN erster Linie immer eine Service Station gewesen, nach 1990 an Bedeutung verloren.
Wir wollten aber über NATO Basen reden. oder?
Map of Guantánamo Bay showing approximate U.S. Naval Base boundaries.
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, also known as Naval Station Guantanamo Bay or NSGB, (also called GTMO because of the airfield designation code or Gitmo because of the common pronunciation of this code by the U.S. military[1]) is a United States military base located on 45 square miles (120 km2) of land and water at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, which the US leased for use as a coaling and naval station in 1903 (for $2,000 per year until 1934, when it was increased to $4,085 per year). The base is on the shore of Guantánamo Bay at the southeastern end of Cuba. It is the oldest overseas U.S. Naval Base.[2] Since the Cuban Revolution of 1959, the Cuban government has consistently protested against the U.S. presence on Cuban soil and called it illegal under international law, alleging that the base was imposed on Cuba by force. At the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2013, Cuba's Foreign Minister demanded the U.S. return the base and the "usurped territory", which the Cuban government considers to be occupied since the U.S. invasion of Cuba during the Spanish–American War in 1898.[3][4][5][6][7]
Since 2002, the naval base has contained a military prison, the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, for unlawful combatants captured in Afghanistan, Iraq, and other places during the War on Terror.[8] Cases of torture of prisoners,[9] and their alleged denial of protection under the Geneva Conventions, have been condemned internationally.[10][11]
Units and commands[edit]
Resident units[edit]
Customer Service Desk (CSD)[12]
Joint Task Force Guantanamo[12][13][14]
Marine Corps Security Force Company[12]
Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Atlantic Detachment Guantanamo Bay[12]
Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay[13]
Navy Supply[12]
U.S. Coast Guard Aviation Detachment Guantanamo Bay
Assigned units[edit]
Fleet Composite Squadron Ten (VC-10) (1965–1993)[13]
US Marine Corps Ground Defense Force (GDF) (1977–2009)[13][14]
Naval Security Group Activity (Company L) (1966–2001)[13][15]
Shore Intermediate Maintenance Activity (SIMA) (1903–1995)[13][16]
Fleet Training Group (FTG) (1943–1995)[13][17]
Homeported watercraft[edit]
YC 1639 (open lighter)[18][19][20]
Leeward (YFB-92) (ferry boat)[18][21]
Windward (YFB-93) (ferry boat)[18][22]
YON 258 (non-self propelled fuel oil barge)[18][23]
USS Wanamassa (YTB-820) (large Harbor Tug)[18][24]
LCU 1671 and MK-8: landing craft used as an alternate ferry for transportation to areas inaccessible by the primary ferry and for moving hazardous cargo.[25]
GTMO-5, GTMO-6 and GTMO-7 (50-ft. utility boats): used for personnel transportation during off-ferry hours.[25]