Guarding GITMO
by Jeffrey Pollinger, Coast Guard District 13 SEATTLE
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is the oldest U.S. Naval base located outside the continental United States. It’s also been the center of attention recently because enemy combatants have been detained there since the war on terror began.
But it was also home to Coast Guard Port Security Unit (PSU) 313 [...]
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