Air Force Lt. Gen. Glenn F. Spears, deputy combatant commander for U.S. Southern Command, Navy Rear Adm. Dave Thomas Jr. and Navy Rear Adm. Thomas "Tom" Copeman III, salute the colors during Joint Task Force Guantanamo's change of command ceremony at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, June 19. Copeman relieves Thomas, who has served as the JTF commander for more than a year. JTF Guantanamo conducts safe, humane, legal and transparent care and custody of detainees, including those convicted by military commission and those ordered released by a court. 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 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.