Isevisi Yomsebenzi Wezindaba ZaseMelika
I-NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba - Lena akuyona indawo yakho yokuthunyelwa ejwayelekile empini yokwesaba. Amagoti lapha afika ekuthungeni imoto ngesikhathi sokuphumula futhi abe nezindawo zokudla kanye nemigoqo yokuzulazula ekupheleni kwezinsuku ezinde zokuqapha izitha.
Amaphoyisa aphethe isikhungo sokuboshwa lapha angabakwa-Joint Task Force Guantanamo. Basetshenziselwa ubude obuhlukahlukene bokubuka kuzo zonke izinsizakalo, kokubili okusebenzayo nokugcina izingxenye.
"Bafika lapha ekuthunjweni, futhi empeleni bafika endaweni engeyona embi njengokuthi (eziningi)," kusho uNavy Capt. U-Leslie J. McCoy, umphathi wamanzi asezindaweni zasolwandle.
I-JTF Guantanamo iyinhlangano yokuqashwa esisekelweni. Izisebenzi ezingu-2 200 ze-JTF zihlala eduze nabasolwandle abangu-9,000 abasebenza ngokugcwele, amalungu omndeni, izakhamizi zikahulumeni wase-US kanye nabontonkontileka, kanye nabantu abahlala ezweni lesithathu abahlala futhi basebenza lapha.
Abasolwandle abanikezwa phansi basebenza ngokuvakasha iminyaka emithathu futhi bangaletha imindeni yabo. Ubude bokuthunyelwa kwamabutho abelwe eJTF Guantanamo kuxhomeke enkonzweni yabo. Amasosha ngokuvamile asetha ngonyaka owodwa, amaMarines nabasolwandle izinyanga eziyisithupha, kanye ne-airmen ngezinyanga ezine zenyanga.
Izimo zokuphila zihluka kakhulu ngaphakathi kwe-JTF. Abasebenzi ababhalisiwe ngokuvamile bahlala ezakhiweni ezizimele, ezibiza ngokuthi "izindlu" ngokuthinta. Izindlu ezinjenge-container-like-house ngayinye indlu ngayinye yabayisithupha kuya kweziyisithupha.
Amabutho ngokuvamile ahlukanisa isikhala ngokulinganayo ngangokunokwenzeka bese uhlukanisa "amagumbi" ngokulenga izingubo zokugqoka kanye namakhethini okugeza.
Isakhiwo ngasinye siqukethe indlu yokugezela enezindlu zangasese kanye nokugeza. Futhi izindlu zomphakathi zamadoda nabesifazane, ezinezihlambi, izindwangu nezindlu zangasese, zikhona ngaphakathi kweqembu ngalinye lezindlu.
Amalungu aphezulu aphakanyisiwe kanye nezikhulu ngokuvamile ahlala emakhaya omndeni weMavy Namafu aguqukile kusukela lapho isisekelo sasihlala khona abantu abakhulu beqembu elihlala njalo. Isibonelo, indlu eyodwa yokulala emakamelweni amabili angabelwa abaphathi abane abancane.
Amaqhawe ahlala futhi asebenze ndawonye lapha kuye ngokuthi yiziphi imisebenzi zabo, kodwa kungakhathaliseki ukuthi zenzani. "Ngicabanga ukuthi yingxenye ebalulekile yendlela abakha ngayo njengeqembu ukuthi bangenza umsebenzi wabo lapha ku-JTF," kusho u-Army Brig. Gen. Jay Hood, umphathi weJTF Guantanamo. "Sinamalungu anikezwe i-JTF evezwe izabelo emhlabeni wonke, ngakho-ke kubalulekile ukuthi sibavumele ukuba baphile futhi basebenze ndawonye futhi bazi ndawonye futhi bakhe njengethimba."
Izimo zokuphila zabasebenzi ziye zathuthuka kakhulu kusukela isosha liqala ukuthumela iziboshwa lapha eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-3 eyedlule. "Uma ubuyela emuva bese ubheka izithombe zakuqala zeJTF, abashayeli bethu bebehlala ematendeni, bedla ngaphandle kwezindawo zokudlela zesikhashana," kusho uHood.
Futhi izikhulu ziqhubeka nokufuna izindlela zokuthuthukisa izimo zokuphila. "Okungcono ukuthi yini esingathanda ukuyenza yilabo abahlala ezindaweni zokuhlala, ngakho manje sibheke amapulani okwenza lokho," kusho uMccoy.
"Sizama ukuphatha kahle (amabutho aseJTF) njengoba singakwazi ukuqinisekisa ukuthi izinga labo lokuphila lihle. Futhi ingxenye yalokho ukuqinisekisa ukuthi bahlala emakamelweni amahle, izindlu ezinhle noma izindlu noma ngabe yikuphi."
"I-Gitmo" nayo ilayishwe izikhungo zokuziphatha, izinhlalakahle nezokuzijabulisa kanye namathuba. Abasebenzi bangaqasha izikebhe nemishini yokudoba, baqinisekiswe ekudibelweni kwe-scuba, noma bachithe isikhathi sabo be-snorkeling futhi bebuke ubuningi bezilwane zasendle zasemanzini ezigcwalisa amanzi ahlanzekile echwebeni naseLwandle lwaseCaribbean.
Ngaphandle kwemidlalo yamanzi, isisekelo sineklasi yegalofu - amasosha ngokuvamile adlala ngamabhola ashisayo-amhlophe ngoba amabhola amhlophe kulula kakhulu ukuba alahlekelwe endaweni ye-grey grey - i-brand entsha entsha yegalofu yegalofu, ama-gyms amaningana nezinkundla zezemidlalo zangaphandle , kanye nemidlalo yamabhayisikobho yangaphandle.
Uma sicabanga ngesimo sezulu esifudumele sonyaka kanye nemvula encane - imvula cishe izikhathi ezintathu kuya kwezihlanu lapha - ama-movie ahluleka ukukhanselwa.
"Bafika emphakathini omncane. Sihlinzeka ngomqondo wokujwayelekile kulabo abathunyelwe lapha," kusho uMccoy. "Bangakwazi ukuza emasontweni ethu; bangaba nengxenye ezinhlelweni zethu zasekolishi (kanye) nezikhungo ze-MWR."
Kanti uphenyo uchaze ukuthi isisekelo sithola okuningi kumalungu e-JTF asetshenziswe lapha. Njengoba amaphesenti angaba ngu-70 e-Joint Task Force Guantanamo akhiwa ngamalungu okugcina, azisa amakhono amaningi asemphakathini.
"Sithola abantu lapha abafundisi, abantu abanemisebenzi ehlukene emadolobheni abo abaletha eGuantanamo Bay," kusho uMccoy. "Ngako-ke ukusebenzisana esinakho neqembu elihlangene lisebenza kahle kakhulu. Siza ukusekela omunye nomunye."