Produced by Daniel Goodman
While the world fights over the fate of 166 detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, around 5,500 U.S. troops at the base are just doing their job.
It's not an easy tour of duty, despite the idyllic conditions found at the southern tip of Cuba.
Troops feel isolated, with no civilian cell phone towers and barely adequate bandwidth for video chat. They face severe restrictions on social media and are prohibited from talking about much of their work. It doesn't help that their work is so little understood back home.
They work long hours, under intense and sometimes dangerous conditions, where one misstep can cause an international controversy.
The military offers recreation, entertainment and a lot of physical training to keep morale high. It can only do so much.
For a closer look at troop life at GTMO, check out our exclusive video (above) and photos.
It's a 90-minute flight from Florida to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
This airstrip is where troops will land at the base, which America has operated for 110 years.
From the airstrip it's a short drive to the ferry that comes about once an hour.
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