Jun 1898                U.S. occupation
10 Dec 1903                Guantanamo Bay Naval Station leased to U.S.
 1 Apr 1941                renamed Guantanamo Bay Naval Operating Base
18 Jun 1952                renamed Guantanamo Bay Naval Base

Commandants
10 Dec 1903 -    May 1904  William H. Allen
17 May 1904 -    Sep 1906  Charles C. Rogers
 8 Sep 1906 -    Jul 1907  Albert A. Ackerman
   Aug 1907 -    May 1908  Clark D. Stearns (acting)
   May 1908 -    Apr 1909  Charles H. Harlow
   May 1909 -    Nov 1909  Myles Joyce (acting)
   Nov 1909 -    Jan 1912  Walter Ball
18 Jan 1912 -    Jun 1913  George W. Kline
   Jun 1913 -    Jan 1914  Merritt S. Corning (acting)
   Jan 1914 -    Oct 1914  Hilary Williams
   Dec 1914 -    May 1916  John M. Luby
 4 May 1916 -    Sep 1917  Dudley W. Knox                     (b. 1877 - d. 1960)
   Sep 1917 -    Nov 1918  E.E. Wright
   Dec 1918 -    Sep 1920  Guy Whitlock                       (b. ... - d. 1922?)
   Sep 1920 -    Jun 1921  John J. Hannigan
   Jun 1921 -    May 1923  Robert T. Menner
   May 1923 -    Jun 1924  Ward K. Wortman
   Jun 1924 -    Jun 1926  Charles M. Tozer
   Jun 1926 -    Aug 1928  Charles C. Soule, Jr.
   Aug 1928 -    Jun 1930  Charles S. McWhorter
   Aug 1930 -    Feb 1931  Alfred H. Miles                    (b. 1883 - d. 1956)
   Feb 1931 -    May 1933  Thomas L. Johnson
   Jun 1933 -    Jun 1934  Edward C. Raguet
   Jun 1934 -    Apr 1936  Charles M. Cooke, Jr.
   May 1936 -    Jun 1938  Mark L. Hersey, Jr.
   Jun 1938 -    Aug 1940  Worral R. Carter
   Sep 1940 -    Mar 1944  George L. Weyler
Commanders
   Apr 1944 -    Oct 1944  F.A. Braisted
   Oct 1944 -    Dec 1945  J.J. Mahoney
   Jan 1946 -    May 1948  C.E. Battle, Jr.
   Jun 1948 -    Jun 1950  W.K. Phillips
   Jun 1950 -    Dec 1950  A.M. Bledsoe
   Dec 1950 -    Jan 1953  M.E. Murphy
   Jan 1953 -    Dec 1953  C.L.C. Atkeson
   Feb 1954 -    Sep 1955  E.B. Taylor
   Sep 1955 -    Oct 1956  W.G. Cooper
   Dec 1956 -    Nov 1958  R.B. Ellis
   Nov 1958 -    Oct 1960  F.W. Fenno
   Dec 1960 -    Dec 1962  E.J. O'Donnell
   Dec 1962 -    Dec 1963  J.W. Davis
   Dec 1963 -    Jun 1966  John Duncan Bulkeley               (b. 1911 - d. 1996)
   Jun 1966 -    Jul 1968  E.R. Crawford
   Jul 1968 -    Jun 1970  James B. Hildreth
   Jun 1970 -    Aug 1972  B. McCauley
   Aug 1972 -    Jun 1973  Leo B. McCuddin
   Jun 1973 -    Jul 1975  Ralph M. Ghormley
   Jul 1975 -    Jun 1977  J.H. McConnell
   Jun 1977 -    Feb 1979  D.W. DeCook
   Feb 1979 -    Mar 1981  John H. Fetterman, Jr.
   Mar 1981 -    Oct 1983  M.D. Fitzgerald
   Oct 1983 -    Oct 1985  R.A. Allen
   Oct 1985 -    Apr 1988  John R. Condon
   Apr 1988 -    Jun 1990  John S. Boyd
   Jun 1990 -    Aug 1992  W.C. McCamy, Jr.
   Aug 1992 -    Sep 1994  W.M. DeSpain
   Sep 1994 -    Sep 1995  James F. Boland, Jr.
   Sep 1995 -    Apr 1997  Jim Cannon
   Apr 1997 - 12 May 2000  Larry E. Larson
12 May 2000 - 27 Mar 2003  Robert A. Buehn                    (b. 1951?)
27 Mar 2003 -  9 Jul 2005  Leslie J. McCoy
 9 Jul 2005 -              Lawrence S. Cotton