The US military has failed to prepare a realistic "plan B" if political turmoil forces the closure of a vital naval base in Bahrain, a naval officer argues in a report.

The United States maintains a vast military presence in the Middle East, with forces in more than a dozen countries and on ships throughout the region's waters, and fears have been heightened after an ...

Bahrain and Kuwait, Gulf nations that both host U.S. military bases, temporarily closed their airspaces. Bahrain, the island nation that hosts the U.S. Navy's Middle East headquarters, sounded air ...

Navy personnel assigned to Naval Forces Central Command speak at a mental health awareness event in Bahrain on April 12, 2023. Service members deployed to Bahrain are taking part in a two-day ...

The base has been used by the US Navy since 1948, when the facility was operated by Britain's Royal Navy. Qatar: Al Udeid Air Base, the largest US military base in the Middle East, is in Qatar.

Naval Support Activity, NSA (Bahrain) – The current US naval base sits on the site of the former British naval installation, HMS Jufair.

On the surface, all appears calm at the U.S. Navy base in Bahrain, where troops mill about chatting, eating or shopping.

Britain has opened its first permanent military base in the Middle East in more than four decades in the Persian Gulf country of Bahrain.

A US naval base in Bahrain is set to undergo a $580m upgrade, which will double its size, it was reported on Thursday.

MANAMA, Bahrain — Protests that flared here in response to Saudi Arabia’s execution of a prominent Shiite cleric have not affected the U.S. naval base here, home to the 5th Fleet.

A female sailor was found dead at a U.S. naval base in the Gulf island kingdom of Bahrain on Sunday, the Navy said.