U.S. Coast Guard Commandant, Adm. Thad W. Allen, speaks with Guardians from Aviation Detachment Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, March 2. AVDET Guantanamo maintains security by conducting surveillance over surrounding waters. 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.