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GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – Marine 1st Lt. John Langer, assigned to Joint Task Force Guantanamo, carries a simulated casualty during a Marine Combat Fitness Test, Aug. 18, 2010. The CFT is composed of three sections: an 880-yard run, ammo lifts and a maneuver-under-fire drill. 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 Navy Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Shane Arrington) UNCLASSIFIED – Cleared for public release.

Maintaining combat readiness

Story by Navy Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Shane Arrington
JTF Guantanamo Public Affairs

GUANTANAMO BAY (Aug. 27, 2010) - Service members from Joint Task Force Guantanamo, Marines from Marine Corps Security Company Guantanamo and Soldiers from the 525th Military Police Battalion tested their combat readiness with a Marine Corps Combat Fitness Test (CFT) on Aug. 18.
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GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba –Soldiers deployed to Joint Task Force Guantanamo with the 525th Military Police Battalion walk in Mission Oriented Protective Posture Level 4 chemical protective overgarments during Warrior Task Training, Aug. 25, 2010. The 525th MP Battalion provides a portion of the guard force at JTF Guantanamo.
(JTF Guantanamo photo by Navy Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Joshua R. Nistas)