Guantánamo Bay begins evacuations
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More than 1,000 non-essential military personnel, family members and residents, along with their pets, are flying to Naval Air Station Pensacola from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay ahead of the impending Hurricane Melissa.
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Navy evacuates nearly 900 from Cuba as Hurricane Melissa approaches
The U.S. Navy relocated hundreds of nonessential personnel from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay to Florida over the weekend.
Over the weekend, Naval Air Station Pensacola opened its gates to nearly 1,000 non-mission essential personnel from Guantanamo Bay.The movement was in anticipation of incoming Hurricane Melissa. Now,
NAS Pensacola is housing over 800 personnel from NAS Guantanamo Bay as Hurricane Melissa barrels toward Jamaica.
The offshore holding sites had been empty since Oct. 1. The nationalities of the new arrivals were not immediately known.
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