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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
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.
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
Discussion Forum
re:Son going to Bahrain - I have so many questions!!!!
Started by julie(Shane's Mom). Last reply by DiG Jul 13, 2018. 15 Replies 1 Like
Our son has moved on ...
Started by Penny_Nuke_MM2_NimitzNuke. Last reply by navymomds Dec 16, 2016. 1 Reply 1 Like
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Comment by jennnyj on June 12, 2012 at 10:30pm
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JosephsWifey- I would love to hear about your trip to Bahrain, my husband has been wanting me to visit, but I'm scared as well!
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Comment by chriscwick on June 12, 2012 at 6:19pm
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JosephsWifey - Like Dr. Seuss said, " Oh the places you'll go...
You'll be wonderful & have a wonderful time! Little bit will be so well traveled. Don't forget a binky to help clear the babies ears on take off & landing. Or blow noses, always worked for us !
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Comment by JosephsWifey on June 12, 2012 at 5:41pm
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I'm headed on a last minute trip to Bahrain on Monday to visit my husband! I'm sooooo nervous but excited to see him :) Wish me luck! And let your sailors know if they see a short girl with a baby, be extra nice to her because she's SCARED! :)
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Lol, Kathy - glad we didn't have to have your DD pull rank on "Chewtoy"! He is what he is! We've gotten several texts from him of late....hmmmmm. We just had him drop ship all the components to build his own PC. That receipt was a hoot! Maybe keeping up with the ordering & shipping helped his comm skills. We don't care, we're pround SAD (sorry a__ parents) I think our visit to dog school graduation may have had an impact. Also, I think it shocked him when Alex broke down saying goodbye, he expects me to sob, but not his dad.
Wish I'd known about the BB chair dilemma. Does the PO make a big enough rip stop bag to ship it in?
Oh, his MWD is a dark Malinois...HER name is BUBBA! He affectionately calls her " Bubba-fet" (Star Wars), she's a cutie.
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Comment by Mom2aSailor on June 7, 2012 at 3:19pm
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MomtoBritt.. I have a daughter in Bahrain now, she has been there since Jan. It really isn't as hard as i thought it would be. She calls ALOT, sometimes 2-3 times a week, we have FB and email. It was worse when she went to Bootcamp, I guess I got used to her being away and by the time she got stationed, it wasn't so bad. PLUS, with Skype and phone calls, you do hear from them alot. I know some of the moms who have sons don't hear as much from them, but my daughter keeps in touch quite a bit. :)
It is a nice place to be stationed, she will like it!
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It can be so tough when you know they can be in harms way, but so far, this has been great duty for Chris. Way too far away for us, but good for his career. This bunch of ladies has been a god send for me personally. Ask, vent, cry, shout, moan & cheer! We've got each other. If one of us doesn't know, we know how to find out!!!! Stay open & close, the "ride" will be fine.
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Comment by Navymom on May 31, 2012 at 9:05pm
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To MommytoBritt - My son doesn't care for the heat either but he will have deal with it. I totally get what you said about feeling close although you are in CA and she in FLA. At she is in the same country. My son Adam is in Texas and I am in CT, but to think he will be 24 hours away by plane is a scary. He is supposed to come home be fore he goes to Bahrain. That will be a tough good bye. I agree I am super proud of my son too. This past Memorial Day had new meaning for me.
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Comment by MommytoBrittFaceMA3 on May 31, 2012 at 6:31pm
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From what I've heard from my daughter and other people I know who had the opportunity to serve there say it was a fantastic place to be and their treated like royalty there. I know my daughter will not like the hot sun or the wind storms...she cannot stand the heat but it's one of the places she was hoping to go.
I miss my baby terribly but I have felt close to her although she is in Florida and I am in California. But this, going to Bahrain, I will feel so far from her and I will probably feel a empty hole inside my heart. However, I am super proud of her and honored to be her mommy. I've watched her grow so much and become so focused. I am a single mother of 4 and not use to being separated from my children. It's been hard for me to realize they are growing up and having lives of their own.
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Had moment & thought I'd check in, everyone OK? Awfully quiet on here.
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So sorry. Article seemed more interested in him being the 3,000th than anything else.
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