1903 - The new Republic of Cuba leases 45 square miles of land in Guantánamo Bay to the United States for construction of a naval station. Building on the naval station begins that same year.

Dozens of foreigners from six different continents are being held at Guantanamo Bay, DHS officials have confirmed.

Guantanamo Bay is a U.S. naval station located on the southeast coast of Cuba, the largest island in the Caribbean. The nearest foreign countries to it are Haiti, the Bahamas, and Jamaica. The ...

It appears Trump's hardline plan has hit a roadblock. Several news organizations reported this week that Guantanamo Bay sits empty. Trump announced earlier this year that the naval station would ...

Guantanamo Bay Naval Station Fast Facts. By CNN Newsource. ... 1934 – Cuba and the United States sign a perpetual lease that rents the 45 square miles of Cuba to the United States for $4,085 a year.

A C-130 taxis at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Saturday as Marines arrive to set up a migrant detention center. The U.S. military planned to fly deported migrants there Tuesday on a C-17 ...

GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA (May 12, 2025)–Waterway Navigation is the U. S Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) earliest Civil Works mission. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, called upon the ...

In this April 7, 2014, file photo reviewed by the US military and made during an escorted visit shows a sign on the road to the US Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Guantanamo Bay Naval Station Fast Facts. By CNN Newsource. ... 1934 – Cuba and the United States sign a perpetual lease that rents the 45 square miles of Cuba to the United States for $4,085 a year.

The base, sometimes referred to as “Gitmo,” is located in southeastern Cuba, on the coast of Guantánamo Bay. The United States has been leasing the 45 square miles that the base sits on since ...

Hegseth spent a year at the naval station as an active-duty National Guardsman from 2004 to 2005, after it was converted into a high-security prison for suspected terrorists who participated in ...