U.S. Central Command and Bahrain opened a bilateral Combined Command Post for air defense, one month after the U.S. first partnered with Qatar.

A high-ranking officer who has served more than three decades and has deployed to all Navy theaters of operation worldwide recently took the helm of one of the service’s most active combat regions.

At its narrowest point, the Persian Gulf is only 55 kilometres wide. One coastline is dotted with US military bases, and the other bank is the border of Iran. The United States has a substantial ...