Humanitarian· Caribbean Operations (Cuba + Haiti)
Op TAKE CHARGE
Operation Take Charge was an action within the Guantanamo migrant-camp operations, a Marine effort to restore or maintain control in the camps during a period of disturbance among the Haitian population held at the base.
As tensions flared in the crowded and uncertain conditions of the camps, the Marines moved to assert order, managing unrest among migrants frustrated by their prolonged confinement and the uncertainty of their fate. The operation was part of the constabulary and security dimension of the Caribbean migrant mission, the harder edge of camp management when humanitarian shelter gave way to the need to contain disorder. Take Charge reflected the challenges the Marines faced in the camps, where maintaining control of a large, restive, and vulnerable population required discipline and careful use of force. It was one of the named actions within the broader Guantanamo operations, an episode in the demanding work of keeping order in the migrant camps during the regional crises of the period.
Record no. 807