Obligatory Preamble:
Despite considerable media coverage of detainees, the base's roughly 10,000 residents are essentially unaffected by their presence. Even on a small base where people know their neighbors, issues regarding the detainees remain classified - so much that residents must watch the American news for updates. First housed in camps originally built for large numbers of migrants during the 1990s, the detainees are now kept in a new, off-limits facility removed from the main areas of the base.

Naval Station Guantanamo Bay was seldom in the headlines before the war on terror. Though it may seem that "GTMO" or "Gitmo," as it is commonly called, was established recently, it is actually the United States Navy's oldest overseas base, first leased in 1903 and renewed indefinitely in 1934. The lease, which costs the U.S. government just a few thousand dollars a year, can be broken only by mutual agreement of the U.S. and Cuban governments or if the U.S. abandons the property. read more

My Tormented Life at Guantanamo:
Currently, I reside and work within the confines of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and paid to maintain computers and various networked peripherals which collectively possess the stability of a Parkinson's convention...

For those pondering my method of madness, theoretically, this was initially believed to be a well thought out personal decision. So much for intelligence quotient...

Although the concept of life within GTMO was sincerely dreaded, this decision was based upon two significant factors. One; the opportunity to return to the advanced education system at my employers expense. Two; my employer was significantly reorganizing (cutting personnel) at the request of Defense Intelligence Agency. From this perspective, a no brainer decision...

Considering computer geek's with limited technical skills, such as myself, are easily replaced, it was immediately obvious to the casual observer, it was time to leave Miami and personally experience Satan's Perdition.