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Naval Station Guantanamo Bay

United States Naval Station
Guantanamo Bay
Guantánamo Bay, Cuba
Seal of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base.svg
Gitmo Aerial.jpg
Aerial view of McCalla Field, Guantanamo Bay (looking north-east)
Type Military base
Site information
Controlled by  United States Navy
Site history
Built 1898
In use 1898–present
Battles/wars Battle of Guantánamo Bay
Garrison information
Current
commander
Captain David Culpepper, USN
Agreement for the lease to the United States of lands in Cuba for coaling and naval stations
Signed 16 February 1903 (1903-02-16); 23 February 1903
Location Havana; Washington
Effective 23 February 1903
Signatories
Citations TS 418; 6 Bevans 1113
Agreement providing conditions for the lease of coaling or naval stations
Signed 2 July 1903 (1903-07-02)
Location Havana
Effective 6 October 1903
Signatories
Citations TS 426; 6 Bevans 1120

Coordinates: 19°54′N 75°9′W / 19.900°N 75.150°W / 19.900; -75.150

Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, officially known as Naval Station Guantanamo Bay or NSGB, (also called GTMO because of the airfield designation code or Gitmo because of the common pronunciation of this code by the U.S. military) is a United States military base located on 45 square miles (120 km2) of land and water at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, which the US leased for use as a coaling and naval station in 1903 for $2,000 payable in gold per year until 1934, when the payment was set to match the value in gold of the 1903 lease; in 1974, the yearly rental was set to $4,085. The base is on the shore of Guantánamo Bay at the southeastern end of Cuba. It is the oldest overseas U.S. Naval Base. Since the Cuban Revolution of 1959, the Cuban government has consistently protested against the U.S. presence on Cuban soil and called it illegal under international law, alleging that the base was imposed on Cuba by force. At the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2013, Cuba's Foreign Minister demanded the U.S. return the base and the "usurped territory", which the Cuban government considers to be occupied since the U.S. invasion of Cuba during the Spanish–American War in 1898.


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