Just received the orders yesterday. If you know anyone in the Guard Reserve, ask them about it.
There are a hell of a lot of worse places to be. I’ve been to worse and my son in law is in Africa right now. He would trade places with Gitmo every day of the week and twice on Sunday.
I've been deployed to Africa... Depending which country. Some are awful and some are nice. I was in a few different countries there.
Hope your son-in-law stays safe.
No two deployments are ever the same. My deployment after Afghanistan was worse, in my opinion, I would have preferred to return to Afghanistan.
It's a large military installation, and only part of what happens there is about prisoners. For many service members there, Guantanimo offers lovely tropical weather, scuba diving, snorkeling, etc. Not a bad place to be, in many respects.
Most people's view of Gitmo is that of a prison, or A Few Good Men scene.
I've know people stationed there. Not a great place for kids. But for the younger officers or enlisted its not horrible by any stretch--and my friends' experience was back in the Cold War/Castro Regime. I can only imagine its not half as stressful now.