From Sept 1993 to February 1994, I was Temporary Additional Duty (TAD) to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from my primary duties on the USS Enterprise. I was there as part of Joint Task Force 160 sent there to manage the Haitian and Cuban migrant crisis. Berthing and messing shortages grew quickly due to the overwhelming number of military sent to GITMO. The US government contracted with a couple of cruise ship lines to moor at the piers to provide more places for people to sleep and eat. For good part of the time, my accommodations were on board the contracted Greek cruise ship called the Mediterranean Sky.
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