Navy Chaplain Rabbi Seth Phillips prays over the Kos L'Kiddush, or Kiddush cup, before a Shabbat dinner at the U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay residence of Jeff and Kathy Einhorn, Sept. 26, 2008. Phillips, a chaplain stationed at Naples, Italy, is visiting Guantanamo Bay for a week to help residents of the Naval Station and Joint Task Force Guantanamo Troopers celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year which began Sept. 29. JTF Guantanamo conducts safe, humane, legal and transparent care and custody of detained enemy combatants, including those convicted by military commission and those ordered released. The JTF conducts intelligence collection, analysis and dissemination for the protection of detainees and personnel working in JTF Guantanamo facilities and in support of the Global War on Terror. JTF Guantanamo provides support to the Office of Military Commissions, to law enforcement and to war crimes investigations. The JTF conducts planning for and, on order, responds to Caribbean mass migration operations.
Sgt. 1st Class Vaughn Larson
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