April 2008 Featured Photos

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Mark Allen sorts mail for Troopers at the Joint Task Force Post Office, April 21, 2008. Postal workers here sort an estimated 6,000 pounds of mail per week.
(JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Spc. Erica Isaacson)
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GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – Just like Simon, Paula and Randy, the judges for Gitmo Idol Round II prepare to dish out some ‘constructive criticism’ to one of the show’s contestants, April 18, 2008. The three judges work with the U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay Teen Center and organized this event as a fund raiser for the volunteers who help out with the youth activities here.
(JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Sgt. Gretel Sharpee)
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GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – A member of the Army softball team, comprised of Soldiers from Joint Task Force Guantanamo, awaits a pitch during an Army-Navy softball game, April 18, 2008, at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay’s Zaiser Field. Navy beat Army, 11-7, in the seven-inning contest sponsored by the base Morale, Welfare and Recreation office.
(JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Sgt. 1st Class Vaughn R. Larson) |

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – Rob Harrison, a postal worker here, enjoys a morning game of golf at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay’s Yatera Seca Golf Course during his day off, April 21, 2008. Postal workers here sort an estimated 6,000 pounds of mail per week. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Spc. Erica Isaacson)
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GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – A construction worker measures out a section of wood flooring, April 15, 2008, at McCalla Air Field here. The flooring will be used in the additions to Joint Task Force Guantanamo’s Cuzco Barracks enlisted living quarters. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Staff Sgt. Jim Wagner)
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GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba –
Navy Chief Petty Officer Joey Alonso, Joint Task Force Guantanamo, stands ready at the microphone, April 16, 2008, to entertain U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay residents as the co-host of the Naval Media Center Broadcasting Detachment, Guantanamo Bay’s early morning radio program, “The Blitz Morning Show.” Navy Chief Petty Officer Joe Clark, officer in charge of the detachment, controls the computer which runs the recording session for their show. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Pfc. Eric Liesse)
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GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba –
Air Force Senior Airman Mike Hites, Joint Personnel Reception Center, Joint Task Force Guantanamo, arranges a welcome-aboard package for incoming JTF personnel in the Guantanamo Bay Naval Air Station, Air Mobility Command Terminal, April 15, 2008. JPRC handles in-processing and out-processing for all JTF personnel. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Nat Moger) |

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba –
Spc. Keith Norman, a medic with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 525th Military Police, applies a suture to a Joint Task Force Guantanamo Trooper a the Kittery Beach Joint Aid Station here April 15, 2008. The 525th provides much of the guard staff inside the JTF’s detention facilities. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Staff Sgt. Jim Wagner)
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GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba –
A Soldier tries to complete a hula-hooping event during the Amazing Base event, April 12, 2008 here. Fifteen events, ranging from a trivia questionnaire to a water balloon launching game, had base residents scrambling all over Gitmo vying for first place.(JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Sgt. Gretel Sharpee) |

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba –
Members of the Navy Expeditionary Guard Battalion and Port Security Unit 313 joined together, April 13, 2008, at Blue Beach for a community service beach clean-up. Blue Beach is a wildlife preserve at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay and the participants are assigned to Joint Task Force Guantanamo. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Capt. Cara Thompson)
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GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba –
Air Force Lt. Gen. Norman Seip, commander of the 12th Air Force and Air Forces Southern, speaks to Joint Task Force Guantanamo Airmen during an all-hands-call here, April 9, 2008. Seip addressed budget issues and the increased demand for tactical air control personnel, unmanned aerial systems and cyber warfare, as well as fielding JTF-specific questions. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Nat Moger)
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GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba –
Stacy Collins entertains troops at in the Windjammer Ballroom here, April 7, 2008. Collins and her band traveled from Nashville to entertain the troops as part of a USO tour. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Cheryl Dilgard)
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GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba –
An early morning incident left many Guantanamo Bay residents powerless when a bus downed a power line located near the Gold Hill Galley, April 9. Electricity was reinstated shortly after the incident by a local power crew. JTF Guantanamo conducts safe and humane care and custody of detained enemy combatants. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Spc. Shanita Simmons)
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GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba –
It has arrived ... Taco Bell Express opens for business, April 8, to a crowd of hungry guests that extended out the door. Capt. Mark Leary, Naval Station Guantanamo Bay commanding officer, was on-hand for the ribbon cutting along with Morale, Welfare and Recreation director Craig Basil. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Spc. Shanita Simmons)
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GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba –
It has arrived ... Taco Bell Express opens for business, April 8, to a crowd of hungry guests that extended out the door. Capt. Mark Leary, Naval Station Guantanamo Bay commanding officer, was on-hand for the ribbon cutting along with Morale, Welfare and Recreation director Craig Basil. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Sgt. Scott Griffin)
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GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba –
Kirstin Wier takes the lead in the individual women’s division during the bike portion of the Spring Beach Party Triathlon here, April 5, 2008. Wier won the individual women's division, as well as fastest overall individual finisher, after a 500-meter swim, a 10-mile bike ride and a four-mile run. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Staff Sgt. Jerry Rushing)
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GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba –
Marines, Sailors and Soldiers troop up the long, winding road on the boarder between U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay and Cuba March 30, 2008. New Mexico Army National Guard Soldiers deployed to Joint Task Force Guantanamo put together a Baatan Death March Memorial to commemorate the 66th anniversary of the original march which took place in the Philippines. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Cheryl Dilgard)
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GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba –
Laborers assemble the frames of housing units at McCalla field, March 31, 2008. When completed, the units will provide housing for 192 individuals assigned to Joint Task Force Guantanamo as phase three of the Cuzco Barracks development. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Sgt. Scott Griffin)
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GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba –
Members of Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 525th Military Police Battalion, display Girl Scout cookies, March 28, 2008, sent here by girl scouts from New Braunsfels, Texas. They are flanked on the bottom row by Army Captain Juan Rodriquez, company commander, and Army 1st Sgt. Rodney Sanchez, company first sergeant. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Staff Sgt. Paul Meeker) |

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Army Capt. Christopher Hodl passes the 189th Military Police Company’s saber to Army 1st Sgt. Mark Tillman during a change of responsibility ceremony on U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, March 31, 2008. Tillman took over the company first sergeant position from Army 1st Sgt. Van Carpenter.(JTF Guantanamo photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Nat Moger)
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