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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 Trcship13div412 on January 13, 2014 at 10:32pm: My son will be heading there on the 21st. Wondering do the sailors have access to wi-fi and is there a charge for it?

Comment by MADre on January 13, 2014 at 8:37pm: Thank you moms. I had my son at a young age so in my social circle I don't have that GF that would understand what I am feeling or going thru. I am so glad to have this group for support. THANKS!

Comment by KC'smom on January 13, 2014 at 8:29pm: Are your sons on the Air Force base?? Do they like it there? That's where my son is.

Comment by Primula Topleaf on January 13, 2014 at 8:23pm: My son has been there since Mid-November. He seems to really like it. This was his first duty out of Basic. He has done awesome with adapting. I video chat with him on face book on sundays and we leave messages on there as well. My son has made great friends as well. Most US based Cell Phone companies do not have cell towers to support the phones we get here. Mine got a cheap throw away and uses a calling card to call. I would like to go see him sometime in the next 2 years that is there. Its a once in a life time to see the world. That is how we look at it.

Comment by CindyW on January 13, 2014 at 8:15pm: My son has been there for just over a year. 1 down and 1 to go. He cancelled his phone service and bought a new phone over there. We bought him an iPad for his birthday and we have FaceTime with him at least every two weeks. He has made some great friends in Bahrain. Once you get used to the time difference, you will have frequent contact from him. Try not to worry MADre. It won't be as bad as you think

Comment by MADre on January 13, 2014 at 8:04pm: He leaves tomorrow to San Diego and then to Bahrain. He said he won't be able to reach me or call home for while. He also is cancelling his phone service. I don't understand why but there is always facebook. Feeling extremely sad.

Comment by LivNLrn on January 9, 2014 at 2:11am: Really??? I am sorry that happened. That is nuts- it is not lot a lot of spouses came over. You have to get Dependent Entry Approval- which gave us a HUGE headache because it did not come in time and postponed my flight and all our goods were put into storage- then moved by yet another shipping company when finally approved. I have a few spouses from diff ships coming over for a spa day today. I will ask them if they heard of this and get back to you...

Comment by Ryane on January 9, 2014 at 1:02am: Hi livnlrn! My husband just got stationed in Bahrain for two years and on his orders, it said that they had the funding for me to go, but my name wasn't written on them. His master chief thought there was a mistake and tried to get them fixed, but they told him it wasn't a mistake. Basically there isn't any room for me at the moment? I'm not too sure what's going on. My husband said it might be a few months until I get to move there. Something about a dependent quota. Would you have any idea what could be going on? I understand if you don't haha.

Comment by LivNLrn on January 9, 2014 at 12:14am: Yes Rvane, maybe I can help?

Comment by Ryane on January 8, 2014 at 6:39pm: Hi! I was wondering if anyone in the group is a wife that lives in Bahrain with her sailor? I am in need for some advice!