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Was there 1991-95. I hear of nowadays it is not like it used to be...les dependents and a hurricane actually infiltrated and trashed many beaches.Also JTF have been trashing housing (bombing exercises) for years.

We got hit by the same hurricane three times. It hit the island, and they let us out of our homes/shelters. That afternoon they locked us down again, because it had turned around. This happened three times. It tore up the base a lot and killed a lot of people over in Guantanamo City.

The most memorable things about living there were the Cubans who came onto the base to work. Their lives were made miserable by Castro. One Christmas we gave some small toys to a Cuban lady to give to her kids. They probably cost a dollar. The guards strip-searched her and found them. They beat her black and blue and kept her in prison over the holidays.

Hubby had two working under him. They went commuted through NEGate to work at gitmo daily. Conditions are still bad. Women and children trying to go through 'no mans land' watched by our marines daily blowing arms legs up in mines.

Rumors at my time were bro Raul is bad a$$ and castro dying of cancer. Been 10 yrs he still alive...

Gitmo is Nav's best kept secret.