Clear rules of engagement for disturbances worked effectively during isolated incidents. Frequent patrolling of camps deterred many problems. A customized Joint Logistics Support Command was created to meet the unique logisitics requirements of Sea Signal. Feeding nearly 50,000 migrants and 8,000 support personnel, constructing and maintaining living quarters, emptying and servicing portable toilets, discarding trash, providing laundry facilities, and providing potable water are enormous tasks. Guantanamo is an isolated base to which all supplies are shipped by sea and air.
Potable water is produced by a desalinization plant.
The logistics effort was a major factor in making this operation a success, and construction of the camps was a major feat. Approximately 8,000 Cuban migrants were temporarily moved to camps in Panama to ease camp crowding. Medical Care . Both Haitian and Cuban migrants presented a challenge for medical personnel. Many of the migrants had little familiarity with the sanitation and preventive medicine procedures that are critical to masses of people crowded into a small area.