GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA – Usually flights to Guantanamo Bay carry service members, civilians and family members, but on July 23, one flight carried more than 11,000 pounds of home: Girl Scout cookies.

Donated by the Mints for Military and the Girl Scouts of Gulf Coast Florida, it took several workers, pallets and forklifts to unload the 1,550 cases of cookies.

“When we have our cookie sales in January through March we set up a booth, as well as go door-to-door with distribution cards,” said Janette Tuttle, a Girl Scouts of Gulf Coast Florida spokeswoman. “We have a slot called Mints for the Military.”

This slot allows people to buy boxes of cookies for service member. The boxes are shipped out to recipients serving at a duty station chosen by the Girl Scouts – and for the second year, GTMO was that station.