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Bahrain Moms

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If you have a son or daughter in Bahrain or going to Bahrain heres the group for you!!!!!!

Members: 402
Latest Activity: Feb 26, 2024

Life in Bahrain
I have many moms asking me, hows life in Bahrain? So I thought I would put a few things together, post it and update, make corrections as I remember something. Well aside from the very hot sun, nice beaches,museums,malls on and off base,the sand storms , which reak havoc on the weapons some carry :). Here are a few thing that might help.

New Arrivals
1. 2 or 3 weeks of training and classes to learn Bahrain customs,laws and the Navys do's & don't's
2. Not allowed off base til the training is complete.
3. No family housing. Non military persons were removed after 9/11. ("09" spouses allowed back )
4. Lower rank personal(I'll check the rank) must live on base in barricks. Others live off base in rental units.

Duty
1. Shifts are 12 hours long.
2. No uniforms are to be worn off base at any time only civ's (civilian cloths)
3. Unlike the States, there week is Sunday - Thursday weekend is Friday and Saturday.

Misc.
1.They buy cell phones on base at the mall or Nex. They can call you for about 10 cents and send texts for 10 cent per text. (Tho in Bahrain they go by BD'S Bahrain Dollars).
NOTE: They CAN NOT text to some cell phone services. The ones I know are Nextel,Verizon and Sprint.
2. Everything they need can be bought on base at the mall or Nex. Even computers,tv's, music,movies .....everything......
3. Drinking: 18 is the legal drinking age in Bahrain on and off base.This goes for the military personal also with one Navy rule in order to buy/drink liquor or whiskey you must be 21, but at 18 they can consume/purchase beer and wine.

Mail
1. They have a on base post office. Which is closed I belive on Monday's.
2. On packages/letters you send DO NOT write Bahrain,middle east or Manama anywhere on the outside of the mail. This may make it arrive to the town P.O.(Manama) instead of onbase. The military ships its own mail but if it does not arrive to the state side base to be shipped to your sailor than its put on a internatial mail flight and sent to the town P.O. Your sailor will have a p.o. box with a FPO address on base only use the address he/she gives you and your return address. It will look something like this.
*Rank Name*
PSC ??? Box ???
FPO AE 09840-2800

http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/home.asp
http://www.bahraintribune.com/index.asp
https://www.cnic.navy.mil/bahrain/index.htm (This one is the base news)

Sailors on a Liberty Tour

U.S. NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY, Bahrain -- The Oklahoma City rock band "Hinder" peforms outside the NSA Bahrain's Freedom Souq June 22. The hundreds of attendees included service members assigned to NSA Bahrain and from visiting ships USS Peleliu (LHA-5), USS Pearl Harbor (LSD-52), USS Curts (FFG-38) and USS Dallas (SSN-700). The event was sponsored by the NSA Morale, Welfare and Recreation Department. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Anderson Bomjardim (Released)

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Comment by Nancy Cooper's Mom on July 11, 2012 at 4:55pm: Hi Everyone, I have been in the Midwest helping with ailing Parents. Dial up internet and couldn't sign in. Sounds like everyone is waiting to see what Iran will do. Our Guys (and Gals) and all the other Sailors are trained for anything. I hope everyone's Sailors are doing well and you Mom's are hanging in there! I miss my son! Time for leave!? I hope.

Comment by chriscwick on July 11, 2012 at 4:24pm: Well, Donna, that just sounds lovely. Chris is all about being who you are, he wants to grow up to be like Gibbs in NCIS. I'll let him know, thx.

Comment by Melissa Greenfield on July 10, 2012 at 10:28am: "Anna" you are so very welcome. I'm glad this page has helped you and provided the needed information you were seeking. Now I thank you for serving!!!!!!!

Comment by chriscwick on July 10, 2012 at 10:19am: Chris told us he is counting the days until he can leave. He has also referred to it as being a hole. He would have been gone had the chance to be a MWD Handler not popped up. He signed on for another year as a condition to his going to C school.

Comment by JosephsWifey on July 10, 2012 at 7:11am: shipwife- I don't live here but I've been here for 3 weeks so far and if you can choose somewhere else, I would for sure. Although, it really isn't ALL that horrible here. Nice places to shop, there are tons of really nice people....But it is very expensive and dangerous just to drive anywhere here...and its VERY ugly lol. In this caseI dont think the benefits outweigh the bad.... If you have any specific questions as a wife being here I might know the answers! :)

Comment by A & A's Gma on July 9, 2012 at 10:24pm: keep praying for our sons and daughters .. Iran is putting there chest out for sure..!

Comment by Jane-Adam's mom on July 8, 2012 at 11:52pm: I am praying for Micheal and his family. Such a tragic thing to happen.

Comment by NavyWife2010 on July 8, 2012 at 5:19pm: Is there any wives that live in Bahrain? Hubby and I are thinking about making that our next station.

Comment by Navymom on July 8, 2012 at 2:43pm: Stevesmom - that is horrible to hear! I will definitely pray for him, his family and you. Let's trust God for a positive outcome. In your post you said he lost his "right right". Did you mean right leg? Please keep us updated.

Comment by chriscwick on July 6, 2012 at 9:57pm: Enjoy your rendezvous jennyj!

Doggone saber rattling. I had enjoyed their last session where as they rattled the Abraham Lincoln Battle Group cruised through the Strait as calmly as you please & managed to rescue several Iranian boats floundering in the sea. Admiral Fox needs to investigate to see if "there is someone not acting professionally" on his waters!

This time they are rattling a bit too much for comfort and the little gift left outside the base was uncalled for. Makes what Chris calls the "MOM-inator" in me want to come out & kick some _ _ s! Makes me very apprehensive,
. Thank goodness I've got good intell on N4Ms! Thanks.