11 Facts About Rick Baccus

Rick Baccus was born on August 30,1952 and is a retired Army National Guard Brigadier General.

Rick Baccus is most noted for commanding the Guantanamo Bay detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in 2002.

Rick Baccus held various positions, mostly related to operations and logistics, and was selected as the United States Property and Fiscal Officer for Rhode Island in June 1999.

Rick Baccus was appointed commanding officer of the 43rd Military Police Brigade in 2001 and promoted to brigadier general at the same time.

On March 28,2002, Rick Baccus took command of Joint Task Force 160 where he was the head of the Military Police at Camp X-Ray in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Rick Baccus was removed from his post less than 7 months later.

The US Army said General Rick Baccus had been replaced on October 9,2002, as part of a reorganization of Camp Delta.

However, in a Frontline interview that aired on August 27,2005, General Rick Baccus responded to a question relating to his "being sacked" in this manner:.

General Rick Baccus retired from the National Guard on December 5,2002, shortly after his return from Guantanamo Bay.

Rick Baccus was later employed as the administrator of the Rhode Island Veterans Home, overseeing the construction of an entirely new $73 million facility which opened in November 2017.

Rick Baccus resigned as administrator of the Veterans Home in January 2020 amid controversies about the facility's budget.