What is gitmo?

Question

I keep hearing the word 'Gitmo' tossed around on the little bit of news I watch, though I have no idea what it is or means. Would anyone mind explaining it to me?

Answer 1

Gitmo is the marine shorthand for Guantanamo Base in Cuba.   After 9/11 the US set up a prison facility there to house terrorists captured abroad.

Answer 2

Gitmo means the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base.

Answer 3

No , it's the prisoners they toss around.

Answer 4

"Gitmo" is the nicknamee for Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. The U.S. maintains a prison camp there now for suspected terrorists.

Answer 5

"Gitmo" is short for Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, which is an American prison camp located on the shore of Cuba.

Answer 6

Gitmo is the Naval term used by Marines and Navy people to talk about the base we have on the island of Cuba. Ever since the War on Terror has started and the government started keeping suspected terrorist prisioner at the prison they build on the base, the word has come into general use by the press.

Gitmo is the only military base the US has inside a Communist country in the whole world, just to let you know.