Naval Station Guantanamo Bay

Report to Congress on the History of Naval Station Guantanamo Bay

The following is the Aug. 1, 2022, Congressional Research Service report, Naval Station Guantanamo Bay: History and Legal Issues Regarding Its Lease Agreements.

From the report

This report briefly outlines the history of the U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, its changing relationship to the surrounding community, and its heightened importance due to military operations in Afghanistan. The report also explains in detail the legal status of the lease of the land on which the naval station...

https://news.usni.org/2022/08/10/report-to-congress-on-the-history-of-naval-station-guantanamo-bay

USS Milwaukee Back in Sea After COVID-19 Outbreak

Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Milwaukee (LCS-5) departs Naval Station Guantanamo, Jan. 3, 2022. US Navy Photo

Littoral Combat Ship USS Milwaukee (LCS-5) is back at sea after it was kept pier side in Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, following a COVID-19 outbreak. Milwaukee returned to sea on Monday after approximately 15 days in port.

A portion of the crew, which was 100 percent vaccinated, tested positive for COVID-19, USNI News previously reported. A Navy press release Monday night...

https://news.usni.org/2022/01/04/uss-milwaukee-back-in-sea-after-covid-19-outbreak

Top Stories 2021: COVID-19 Pandemic

Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Omar Bowen, left, assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Unit Bahrain, administers the COVID-19 vaccine to Lt. j.g. Kory Hill, anti-terrorism officer aboard amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego (LPD-22), in Manama, Bahrain on Feb. 26, 2021. US Navy Photo

The COVID-19 pandemic continued to affect the Navy’s functioning, even as vaccines were rolled out to the fleet. The past year brought ebbs and flows in terms of the number of cases with peaks...

https://news.usni.org/2021/12/28/top-stories-2021-covid-19-pandemic

USS Milwaukee Kept Pierside in Guantanamo After COVID-19 Infects Crew

Sailors heave line on the fo’c’sle as the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Milwaukee (LCS-5) arrives in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on Dec. 20, 2021. US Navy Photo

USS Milwaukee (LCS-5) is in port after sailors aboard the Littoral Combat Ship tested positive for COVID-19, the Navy announced on Friday.

Milwaukee is now in port at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, after an unspecified variant of the COVID-19 virus infected the crew.

“The crew is 100 percent immunized and all COVID-19 positive...

https://news.usni.org/2021/12/24/uss-milwaukee-kept-pierside-in-guantanamo-after-covid-19-infects-crew