Army community health nurses' role in humanitarian relief effort, Operation Sea Signal, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

Abstract

Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, on the southeast comer of Cuba, became a hard-back tent city, the home of over 50,000 Cuban and Haitian refugees, from July 20, 1994, to January 31, 1996. The talents of members of the U.S, armed forces, combined with government and nongovernment agencies, contributed to what is considered by many the most successful migrant operation ever conducted in the 20th century. Army community health nurses constituted an integral part of this operation. Their hard work and dedicated service contributed, in large part, to the ultimate success of the mission.