List of commanders of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base

This is a listing of commandants and commanders of the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, located in Guantánamo Bay on Cuba.

Brief timeline

10 June 1898 : U.S. occupation. 23 February 1903 : U.S. leases naval station at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba.Text of Feb 1903 lease, part 1 The agreement also required the U.S. to establish another station at Bahía Honda. 6 October 1903 : Guantanamo Bay Naval Station leased to U.S.Text of July 1903 lease, part 2 The lease was executed in two parts. 12 December 1913 : Naval Station officially opens. Cuban flag lowered. 31 May 1934 : The 1934 Treaty of Relations1934 treaty of relations abrogates the 1903 Treaty of Relations,Proclamation containing the text of the 1903 Treaty of Relations explicitly spells out the right for the US to walk away from the lease.This was implied by the 1903 July Lease in Article 1 sentence 1. 1 April 1941 : Renamed Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Operating Base, after vast construction program for build-up of the Station Frederick Snare Corporation.Wikipedia: Timeline of Guantanamo 18 June 1952 : Renamed Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base.

List of commanders and commandants

Commandants 10 December 1903 – May 1904 : William H. Allen 17 May 1904 – September 1906 : Charles C. Rogers 8 September 1906 – July 1907 : Albert A. Ackerman August 1907 – May 1908 : Clark D. Stearns May 1908 – April 1909 : Charles H. Harlow May 1909 – November 1909 : Myles Joyce November 1909 – January 1912 : Walter Ball 18 January 1912 – June 1913 : George W. Kline June 1913 – January 1914 : Merritt S. Corning January 1914 – October 1914 : Hilary Williams December 1914 – May 1916 : John M. Luby 4 May 1916 – September 1917 : CDR Dudley Wright Knox September 1917 – November 1918 : E.E. Wright December 1918 – September 1920 : Guy Whitlock September 1920 – June 1921 : John J. Hannigan June 1921 – May 1923 : Robert T. Menner May 1923 – June 1924 : Ward K. Wortman June 1924 – June 1926 : Charles M. Tozer June 1926 – August 1928 : Charles C. Soule Jr. August 1928 – June 1930 : Charles S. McWhorter August 1930 – February 1931 : Alfred Hart Miles February 1931 – May 1933 : Thomas L. Johnson June 1933 – June 1934 : Edward C. Raguet June 1934 – April 1936 : Charles "Savvy" M. Cooke Jr. May 1936 – June 1938 : Mark L. Hersey Jr. June 1938 – August 1940 : Worral Reed Carter September 1940 – March 1944 : George L. Weyler

Commanders April 1944 – October 1944 : F.A. Braisted October 1944 – December 1945 : J.J. Mahoney January 1946 – May 1948 : C.E. Battle Jr. June 1948 – June 1950 : W.K. Phillips June 1950 – December 1950 : A.M. Bledsoe December 1950 – January 1953 : M.E. Murphy January 1953 – December 1953 : C.L.C. Atkeson December 1953 - February 1954: Frank Bruner February 1954 – September 1955 : E.B. Taylor September 1955 – October 1956 : W.G. Cooper December 1956 – November 1958 : R.B. Ellis November 1958 – October 1960 : Frank W. Fenno December 1960 - 22 December 1962 : RADM Edward J. O'Donnell 22 December 1962 – December 1963 : RADM J.W. Davis December 1963 – June 1966 : RADM John D. Bulkeley June 1966 – July 1968 : E.R. Crawford July 1968 – June 1970 : James B. Hildreth June 1970 – August 1972 : B. McCauley August 1972 – June 1973 : Leo B. McCuddin June 1973 – July 1975 : Ralph M. Ghormley July 1975 – June 1977 : John H. McConnell June 1977 – 7 February 1979 : David W. DeCook 7 February 1979 – 20 March 1981 : John H. Fetterman Jr. 20 March 1981 – 18 October 1983 : M.D. Fitzgerald 18 October 1983 – 28 October 1985 : R.A. Allen 28 October 1985 – 26 April 1988 : John R. Condon 26 April 1988 – 14 June 1990 : John S. Boyd 14 June 1990 – 21 August 1992 : W.C. McCamy Jr. 21 August 1992 – 2 September 1994 : W.M. DeSpain 2 September 1994 – 15 September 1995 : James F. Boland Jr. 15 September 1995 – 25 April 1997 : Jim Cannon 25 April 1997 – 12 May 2000 : Larry E. Larson 12 May 2000 – 27 March 2003 : Robert A. Buehn 27 March 2003 – 9 July 2005 : Leslie J. McCoy 9 July 2005 – 19 September 2005 : Lawrence S. Cotton Jr. 19 September 2005 – September 2008 : CAPT Mark M. Leary September 2008 – September 2010 : CAPT Steve Blaisdell September 2010 – July 2012 : CAPT Kirk Hibbert July 2012 – January 2015 : CAPT J.R. Nettleton, relieved by RADM Mary M. Jackson January 2015 – March 2015 : CAPT Scott Gray March 2015 – June 2018 : CAPT David C. Culpepper June 2018 – June 2021 : CAPT John Fischer June 2021 – present : CAPT Samuel White

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