September 2009 Featured Photos

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – Chief Petty Officer Kirk DeLeonardo, deployed to Joint Task Force Guantanamo’s Joint Intelligence Group, sends a “shout out” to the crew of USS New York (LPD 21) from U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Sept. 21, 2009. The video greetings from deployed service members will be shown to the crew at the “Tunnel to Towers” event when the ship, made from 7.5 tons of steel from the World Trade Center, is honored. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Sgt. Carmen Gibson)

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – Chief Petty Officer Kirk DeLeonardo, deployed to Joint Task Force Guantanamo’s Joint Intelligence Group, sends a “shout out” to the crew of USS New York (LPD 21) from U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Sept. 21, 2009. The video greetings from deployed service members will be shown to the crew at the “Tunnel to Towers” event when the ship, made from 7.5 tons of steel from the World Trade Center, is honored. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Sgt. Carmen Gibson)

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – Air Force Master Sgt. Greg Gordon, an electrician with the 474th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron, hands off cases of water to Air Force Master Sgt. David Davis, also an electrician with the 474th ECES, as he loads the cases into a storage unit at Camp Justice, Sept. 9, 2009. The 474th ECES supports Joint Task Force Guantanamo by maintaining the Expeditionary Legal Complex and Camp Justice facilities and infrastructure. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Pfc. Christopher Vann)

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – Air Force Master Sgt. Greg Gordon, an electrician with the 474th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron, hands off cases of water to Air Force Master Sgt. David Davis, also an electrician with the 474th ECES, as he loads the cases into a storage unit at Camp Justice, Sept. 9, 2009. The 474th ECES supports Joint Task Force Guantanamo by maintaining the Expeditionary Legal Complex and Camp Justice facilities and infrastructure. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Pfc. Christopher Vann)

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Nicholas Meyer, assigned to Joint Task Force Guantanamo’s Navy Expeditionary Guard Battalion, operates the triceps press at the G.J. Denich Gym, Sept. 8, 2009. The NEGB provides the main guard force inside the detention facilities. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Sgt. Carmen Gibson)

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Nicholas Meyer, assigned to Joint Task Force Guantanamo’s Navy Expeditionary Guard Battalion, operates the triceps press at the G.J. Denich Gym, Sept. 8, 2009. The NEGB provides the main guard force inside the detention facilities. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Sgt. Carmen Gibson)



GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Willie Johnson, awards clerk for the Joint Personnel Service Center, distributes a package of Starbucks coffee donated from “Support the Troops” to Army Sgt. Jaime Concepcion, a communications non-commissioned officer deployed with Puerto Rico National Guard 480th Military Police Battalion, at the Joint Task Force Guantanamo J-1 One Stop in Camp America, Sept. 15, 2009.  The JPSC provides administration support and processes leave documents for JTF Guantanamo service members. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Sgt. Carmen Gibson)

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Willie Johnson, awards clerk for the Joint Personnel Service Center, distributes a package of Starbucks coffee donated from “Support the Troops” to Army Sgt. Jaime Concepcion, a communications non-commissioned officer deployed with Puerto Rico National Guard 480th Military Police Battalion, at the Joint Task Force Guantanamo J-1 One Stop in Camp America, Sept. 15, 2009. The JPSC provides administration support and processes leave documents for JTF Guantanamo service members. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Sgt. Carmen Gibson)

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – Petty Officer 3rd class, Jose Gino, a hospital corpsman deployed here to Joint Task Force Guantanamo’s Joint Medical Group, administers a flu vaccination to a JTF Trooper inside Camp America, Sept. 16, 2009. JMC personnel staff the Joint Troop clinic as well as the detention hospital inside Camp Delta. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Sgt. Carmen Gibson)

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – Petty Officer 3rd class, Jose Gino, a hospital corpsman deployed here to Joint Task Force Guantanamo’s Joint Medical Group, administers a flu vaccination to a JTF Trooper inside Camp America, Sept. 16, 2009. JMC personnel staff the Joint Troop clinic as well as the detention hospital inside Camp Delta. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Sgt. Carmen Gibson)









GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class William Boyer, an aviation electronics technician assigned to Joint Task Force Guantanamo's Navy Expeditionary Guard Battalion, loads supplies bound for Camp 4, Sept. 9, 2009. The NEGB provides the main guard force inside the detention facilities. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Sgt. Carmen Gibson)

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class William Boyer, an aviation electronics technician assigned to Joint Task Force Guantanamo's Navy Expeditionary Guard Battalion, loads supplies bound for Camp 4, Sept. 9, 2009. The NEGB provides the main guard force inside the detention facilities. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Sgt. Carmen Gibson)






GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Whitaker, a hospital corpsman assigned to Joint Task Force Guantanamo’s Joint Troop Clinic, cleans the teeth of a service member, Sept. 9, 2009. The JTC is a first-line aid station for service members deployed in support of JTF Guantanamo. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Spc. Cody Black)

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Whitaker, a hospital corpsman assigned to Joint Task Force Guantanamo’s Joint Troop Clinic, cleans the teeth of a service member, Sept. 9, 2009. The JTC is a first-line aid station for service members deployed in support of JTF Guantanamo. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Spc. Cody Black)





GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – Army Sgt. Manuel Correa, a laundry specialist deployed here with the Puerto Rico Army National Guard in support of Joint Task Force Guantanamo, unloads a shipment of fresh linen at Camp America, Sept. 2, 2009. The PRNG is here on a yearlong deployment as JTF Guantanamo’s headquarters company. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Sgt. Carmen Gibson)

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – Army Sgt. Manuel Correa, a laundry specialist deployed here with the Puerto Rico Army National Guard in support of Joint Task Force Guantanamo, unloads a shipment of fresh linen at Camp America, Sept. 2, 2009. The PRNG is here on a yearlong deployment as JTF Guantanamo’s headquarters company. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Sgt. Carmen Gibson)





GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – Army Master Sgt. Orlando Negron, Army Sgt. 1st Class Tomas Carreras, Army Sgt. 1st Class Guillermo Santiago and Army Sgt. 1st Class Luis Perez, members deployed here with the Puerto Rico Army National Guard in support of Joint Task Force Guantanamo, participate in a volunteer clean-up project at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Aug. 29, 2009. These service members cleaned up a bus stop used by many fellow service members and residents on the naval base. Firefighters from U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay’s station no. 4 provided hoses for the volunteer service members to use. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Staff Sgt. Blair Heusdens)

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – Army Master Sgt. Orlando Negron, Army Sgt. 1st Class Tomas Carreras, Army Sgt. 1st Class Guillermo Santiago and Army Sgt. 1st Class Luis Perez, members deployed here with the Puerto Rico Army National Guard in support of Joint Task Force Guantanamo, participate in a volunteer clean-up project at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Aug. 29, 2009. These service members cleaned up a bus stop used by many fellow service members and residents on the naval base. Firefighters from U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay’s station no. 4 provided hoses for the volunteer service members to use. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Staff Sgt. Blair Heusdens)

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – Air Force Staff Sgt. Sean Poling, a power productions specialist with the Maryland Air National Guard’s 175th Air Wing attached to the 474th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron, performs preventative maintenance checks and services on a power generator at Camp Justice, Aug. 28, 2009. The 474th ECES supports Joint Task Force Guantanamo by maintaining the Expeditionary Legal Complex and Camp Justice facilities and infrastructure. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Sgt. Carmen Gibson)

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – Air Force Staff Sgt. Sean Poling, a power productions specialist with the Maryland Air National Guard’s 175th Air Wing attached to the 474th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron, performs preventative maintenance checks and services on a power generator at Camp Justice, Aug. 28, 2009. The 474th ECES supports Joint Task Force Guantanamo by maintaining the Expeditionary Legal Complex and Camp Justice facilities and infrastructure. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Sgt. Carmen Gibson)

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – Army Pfc. Michael Donley, a service member deployed here with the 525th Military Battalion in support of Joint Task Force Guantanamo, gets baptized at Windmill Beach by Army Capt. Eric Bey, 525th MP Battalion chaplain, Aug. 27, 2009. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Sgt. Michael Baltz)

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – Army Pfc. Michael Donley, a service member deployed here with the 525th Military Battalion in support of Joint Task Force Guantanamo, gets baptized at Windmill Beach by Army Capt. Eric Bey, 525th MP Battalion chaplain, Aug. 27, 2009. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Sgt. Michael Baltz)








GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – Air Force Airman 1st Class David Duncan, a power production assistant with the Utah Air National Guard’s 151st Civil Engineering Squadron, paints a loading dock at the hospital aboard U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Aug. 27, 2009. The 151st CES is conducting two weeks of annual training by completing engineering projects around the naval base for Joint Task Force Guantanamo. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Pfc. Christopher Vann)

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – Air Force Airman 1st Class David Duncan, a power production assistant with the Utah Air National Guard’s 151st Civil Engineering Squadron, paints a loading dock at the hospital aboard U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Aug. 27, 2009. The 151st CES is conducting two weeks of annual training by completing engineering projects around the naval base for Joint Task Force Guantanamo. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Pfc. Christopher Vann)


GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – Army Brig. Gen. Rafael O’Ferrall, Joint Task Force Guantanamo’s deputy commander, looks on as Soldiers with the Puerto Rico Army National Guard’s 191st Regional Support Group unveil their new sign at Camp America aboard U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Aug. 20, 2009. Members of the RSG are here performing a variety of operations in support of JTF Guantanamo. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Sgt. Andrew Hillegass)

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class John R. Winjum, a master-at-arms, trains his military working dog, Dix, by guiding him around the bowling alley looking for contraband at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Aug. 20, 2009. The military working dog kennel conducts routine security searches ensuring the safety of Joint Task Force Guantanamo and naval station personnel. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Spc. Cody Black)

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – Army Brig. Gen. Rafael O’Ferrall, Joint Task Force Guantanamo’s deputy commander, looks on as Soldiers with the Puerto Rico Army National Guard’s 191st Regional Support Group unveil their new sign at Camp America aboard U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Aug. 20, 2009. Members of the RSG are here performing a variety of operations in support of JTF Guantanamo. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Sgt. Andrew Hillegass)

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – Army Brig. Gen. Rafael O’Ferrall, Joint Task Force Guantanamo’s deputy commander, looks on as Soldiers with the Puerto Rico Army National Guard’s 191st Regional Support Group unveil their new sign at Camp America aboard U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Aug. 20, 2009. Members of the RSG are here performing a variety of operations in support of JTF Guantanamo. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Sgt. Andrew Hillegass)

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Dana Schmitt, a boatswain’s mate deployed with Maritime Safety and Security Team 91101, attaches a makeshift boat ramp to a floating dock at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo, Aug. 19, 2009. MSST 91101 is deployed here to perform maritime anti-terrorism and force protection duties for Joint Task Force Guantanamo. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Sgt. Carmen Gibson)

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Dana Schmitt, a boatswain’s mate deployed with Maritime Safety and Security Team 91101, attaches a makeshift boat ramp to a floating dock at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo, Aug. 19, 2009. MSST 91101 is deployed here to perform maritime anti-terrorism and force protection duties for Joint Task Force Guantanamo. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Sgt. Carmen Gibson)