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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)
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Discussion Forum
re:Son going to Bahrain - I have so many questions!!!!
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Comment by mother always on September 2, 2013 at 10:45am
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Good morning!!
Hope you ALL had and still have a nice weekend!!
I read that the shifts in Bahrain are 12 hours,my son wants to continue studying so he is counting with time to do this...are the tours that long now? I'm wondering about this and want to know,thanks.
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Comment by chriscwick on September 1, 2013 at 8:47pm
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Glad all are enjoying their time together!
Good luck on testing!
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Comment by paces on August 31, 2013 at 2:31pm
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Happy Labor to all. J is out with his dad. Not sure which is happier to be here, Dad or J.
J. will be taking his 2nd class test while home on leave. It was a chore to get that arranged, but he did it. He has to report to Atlanta. Praying he makes it.
Chris is ambitious. Good for him!!!
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Happy Labor Day Weekend! kind of an appropriate holiday for this site, don't cha think?!
Lady H > your rapier wit is showing! E4...cute! For those whose sailor is studying like mad...best of luck.
Chris (MA2) is, pardon the pun, chomping to advance. He's hanging for a year or two until his next chance. He wants to be a very young chief!
BTW: GF says he needs college to advance even higher. NAVY is wanting it in their dossiers.
Yeah, even Mr. Picky-eater said base chow was dismal. After he got into his own place & part of the kennel he said even his MWD ate better.
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Aileen> seems to be NAVY wide norm in the dorms. Chris's GF has the same rules in VA. They are also cracking down on folks who sneak hot plates, George Foreman, toaster ovens in. Also the GF's health was compromised by drastic change in diet. She comes from a family that cooks diabetic centric. She didn't eat fried foods & did eat more fruits & veggies. She got sick.
Paces > what an awful story. Poor dog, handler & even the CO. I don't get some orders. In that case you'd think they wouldn't risk their four footed service member & would use other equipment. Sad.
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chriscwick... I will let J know. That is so sad. J. told me about an incident where the CO made a handler instruct his dog to sweep diesel fuel. J and the handler objected saying you know what it does to us to smell that, you can only imagine what it is going to do to the dog. He made him sweep it anyway. The dog was in the hospital for quite some time. That is frustrating. I know it may have been necessary for safety, but where is the humanity in that.
J. made an impromptu visit to my class today. He was in uniform. That is the first time I have been able to see him in uniform because he did not get to graduate with his class. He broke his leg prior to PIR and took 7 months to heal. He then went straight to Bahrain. My kids thought he was so cool.
Anyway, he is resting. I will get him up in a little while and we will be going to the football game to watch Sid swing her flag with the color guard. Talk with ya'll later.
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Comment by aileen3mc on August 30, 2013 at 4:09pm
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I'm so annoyed. I just got a call from my son. He stated that only microwaves and fridge can be in the rooms.
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He’s on a naval base and the marines eat for free but all the Navy personnel have to pay for their food. No kitchen’s to cook in. They expect these people to stay healthy and then tell them to eat fast food. I’m going to write letters. Grrrrr.
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Being a MWDH Mom gives me a different perspective & a bit more information on the subject.
Tyson was excellent at his job. He loved his handler(s), however, he would not have been suitable for anything else due to his personality, temperament & an inability to be retrained or rehabilitated to civilian life or be used as a handler training dog. Even with a highly trained handler. He did what he loved to do & with whom he loved. He was well cared for, loved & appreciated for who he was & what he did, to the very end. The vet on base is top notch, one of the best anywhere. Be assured that if it had been to Tyson's benefit, she would have taken steps to end any undo suffering. My handler son thinks the world of her. Tyson was, to the end, in good hands & now hearts.
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Good afternoon
I got to that fb pg and posted my idea...I know they would not like it...what I wrote was that is unfair to the animals to make them work such a along time,specially if they know the animal is sick...human soldiers get sick,dog soldiers get sick too!!!! I love animals!!! Not Fair!!! They Did Not asked to be there!!
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