Guantanamo Bay

09-16-2007, 07:55 PM

Anyone have anyone they know in the armed services deployed to Guantanamo Bay Cuba ? My son in law Is heading there in May '08, just trying to get a feel for the general conditions.

Thanks in advance!

*CableChick* ^(Premo) · 09-16-2007, 08:21 PM

You can't handle the truth!

Mikeinsmd · 09-16-2007, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by CableChick

You can't handle the truth!

dustin · 09-16-2007, 10:32 PM

I knew a guy that was on an IA deployment there (Navy). I believe his words were "Better than having IED's blow up next to you in Iraq I suppose." with a

at the end. He couldn't talk much about it though. Security reasons...

Is your son in law in the Navy?

Gemmi · 09-16-2007, 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by CableChick

You can't handle the truth!

vraiblonde · 09-17-2007, 12:45 AM

Tell your SIL two words:

Wood
Shampoo

09-17-2007, 07:07 AM

He's Army, 8 years,

Thanks!

*aps45819* ^(Premo) · 09-17-2007, 07:35 AM

Guy I work with just got back after 18 months there. Doesn't seem to have changed much since I was there in the late '70s. Tropical island, nice beaches, dried up golf course with mine fields in the roughs, HUGH banana rats, can't go off base but you can catch hops to nearby islands for $10.

awpitt · 09-17-2007, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by roscoe69@verizo

Anyone have anyone they know in the armed services deployed to Guantanamo Bay Cuba ? My son in law Is heading there in May '08, just trying to get a feel for the general conditions.

Thanks in advance!

I was there about twenty years ago for REFTRA. There’s some really nice snorkeling there. They’d just built the McDonalds which was a big deal at the time. I was there in the winter which meant hot during the day but a refreshing cool down at night.

Pushrod · 09-17-2007, 08:25 AM

Great scuba diving, tell him to get certified! Not much else to do there.

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dustin is turning Japanese Member Since: Aug 2003 Posts: 7,890	I knew a guy that was on an IA deployment there (Navy). I believe his words were "Better than having IED's blow up next to you in Iraq I suppose." with a at the end. He couldn't talk much about it though. Security reasons... Is your son in law in the Navy? __________________ "If everything is a priority, nothing is a priority"
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aps45819 ^(Premo) Tin Man Member Since: Nov 2003 Location: Highway to Hell Posts: 31,181	Guy I work with just got back after 18 months there. Doesn't seem to have changed much since I was there in the late '70s. Tropical island, nice beaches, dried up golf course with mine fields in the roughs, HUGH banana rats, can't go off base but you can catch hops to nearby islands for $10. __________________ The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. Thomas Jefferson
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