time line

11 January The first detainees arrived at Camp X-Ray.

17 January Officials from the International Red Cross visited the facility.

21 January The Red Cross officials met with the facility commanders to discuss 29 issues of facility deficiencies.

24 January To alleviate claims of mistreatment, the Pentagon temporarily suspended flights of prisoners to the base to avoid overcrowding. It also allowed members of the International Red Cross and the British government to visit the camp. The Red Cross recommended some changes while the British officials reported that the three British citizens being held at the facility had no complaints.

27 January A US Senatorial delegation made up of Senators Daniel K. Inouye of Hawaii, Ted Stevens of Alaska, Dianne Feinstein of California and Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas, inspected Camp X-Ray spending about two-and-a-half hours at the facility. By then, the number of detainees had grown to 158.

1 February Detainee in-processing and questioning at Camp X-Ray had been limited to such subjects as basic name, place of birth, time of birth, name of parents, siblings and education, though according to Sen. Inouye more in-depth interrogations was to start soon thereafter.

19 February Camp X-Ray was the only camp site on the northern side of the U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay and was being used as a temporary detention facility.

27 March There were 300 detainees in Camp X-Ray, representing at least 33 different countries.

9 April More than 850 military personnel, from each of the five branches of the Armed Forces, were assigned to Joint Task Force 160 to support security operations here.

28 April 300 detainees previously held at Camp X-Ray were transferred to Camp Delta

29 April With the opening of Camp Delta, Camp X-ray was closed and the remaining detainees were transferred to Camp Delta.

April Camp America North-I was opened to to house JTF personnel though it was then still in the process of being finished.

9 April Construction of Camp Delta had already been approved and funded with construction having already begun at Radio Range, approximately five miles from Camp X-Ray. The first 408 new detention units were completed by the middle of April, and done by Brown & Root Services, as well as Navy SeaBees and Marine engineers.

28 April Camp Delta was first occupied when 300 detainees previously held at Camp X-Ray were transferred there.

29 April Camp X-Ray closed down and the remaining detainees were moved into Camp Delta.

20 May The 401st MP Company completed its tour at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and returned to Fort Hood, Texas. They were replaced at Guantanamo by personnel from the 43rd Military Police Brigade of the Rhode Island National Guard.

24 June A new Joint First Aid Station was opened at Camp America.

26 June The total number of detainees at Camp Delta was 536.

5 August The total number of detainees was to 598.

8 August With military officials running out of detention space, construction work began on a new wing for the Camp Delta.

1 October The construction of an additional 204 cells (started 8 August) were completed thus bringing the number of cells in the compound to a total of 816.

November Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller assumed command of detainee operations at Guantanamo replacing Brigadier-General Rick Baccus.

Camp America North was opened to house JTF personnel.