GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – Army Capt. Nicholas Pacheco, left, and Army 1st Sgt. Thomas Burdick, right, unfurl the guidon for the 115th Military Police Company of the Rhode Island Army National Guard during a transfer of authority ceremony at Joint Task Force Guantanamo, Nov. 12, 2009. The 115th Military Police Company will take over for the 480th Military Police Company of the Puerto Rico Army National Guard after a year-long deployment to Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in support of Joint Task Force Guantanamo. JTF Guantanamo conducts safe, humane, legal and transparent care and custody of det


GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – Army Capt. Nicholas Pacheco, left, and Army 1st Sgt. Thomas Burdick, right, unfurl the guidon for the 115th Military Police Company of the Rhode Island Army National Guard during a transfer of authority ceremony at Joint Task Force Guantanamo, Nov. 12, 2009. The 115th Military Police Company will take over for the 480th Military Police Company of the Puerto Rico Army National Guard after a year-long deployment to Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in support of Joint Task Force Guantanamo. JTF Guantanamo conducts safe, humane, legal and transparent care and custody of detainees, including those convicted by military commission and those ordered released by a court. The JTF conducts intelligence collection, analysis and dissemination for the protection of detainees and personnel working in JTF Guantanamo facilities and in support of the War on Terror. JTF Guantanamo provides support to the Office of Military Commissions, to law enforcement and to war crimes investigations. The JTF conducts planning for and, on order, responds to Caribbean mass migration operations. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Spc. David McLean) UNCLASSIFIED – Cleared for public release. For additional information contact JTF Guantanamo PAO 011-5399-3589; DSN 660-3589 Rhode Island National Guard 115th MP Assumes Authority at JTf Guantanamo 227322


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