Talk:Naval Station Guantanamo Bay

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 Definition The overall United States Navy leased facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, which contains the Guantanamo Bay detention camp but also other unrelated military functions such as supporting naval patrols in the Caribbean [d] [e]
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I was asked whether this article shouldn't have been named "Guantanamo Bay Naval Base". I figured I'd reply here.

I don't think so. Counterintuitively the Department of Defense calls the base "Naval Base Guantanamo Bay". I don't think we are stuck using their name. But I figured we should have a good reason to use a different name, beyond it looks wrong. And I couldn't think of one.

Cheers! George Swan 11:47, 1 May 2008 (CDT)