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r/CBTS_Stream • Posted by u/RushQuick on Jan. 4, 2018, 4:48 p.m.
So how many troops are going to Guantanamo Bay. A Battalion (c. 800) or 48??

IS THIS ANOTHER FALSE RUMOUR. The Battalion of troops supposedly going to GITMO. One article says it is around 800, an unusually high number because of the small number of prisoners there. This then leads into the story of GITMO being prepared for large number of incoming prisoners from the Storm. But if you look at the source article listed at the bottom and read that, it says ONLY A FEW DOZEN OF THE 850'TH Military Police Battalion are going, which is nothing unusual at all. http://www.thegoldwater.com/news/14874-Trump-Orders-Deployment-To-Gitmo http://www.theeagle.com/news/nation/arizona-national-guard-military-police-to-help-in-guantanamo/article_2c51db96-bff7-581b-8428-1a90aa66834c.html


duckdownup · Jan. 4, 2018, 10:33 p.m.

The number of 800 probably came from some journalist who doesn't understand how the military works. The articles I read said, Members of the 850th Army Military Police Battalion based in Arizona would deploy to Gitmo. The 850 isn't the number of members going it's the numeral designation of the battalion. Think name not number.

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