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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 ChrisyDVM(Chris'sMom) on June 23, 2013 at 2:12pm: NavyMomJeg, Thanks for the update. Still praying and more prayer warriors added to the cause! Glad she is home. Hope your son gets home soon.

Comment by chriscwick on June 23, 2013 at 10:29am: Thanks tysmom, you must have posted as I was typing! Good thought continuing your way.

Comment by chriscwick on June 23, 2013 at 10:26am: Great pic, Lady H. Hope Chris got in on it! We send a few boxes to him as a treat every year. I used to buy a whole case for us, but cost, now, kind of scaled that back a tad.

Any news tysmom?

We had a last minute boon yesterday. Chris's Jen contacted us from her new posting in VA on Friday asking our help to choose a car to buy, which is a necessity where she is. Woke up at "O dark thirty" & hoofed it yesterday morning. This would also be our first face to face meeting. She's adorable, smart & accomplished. No wonder he was attracted to her! We helped her with a second opinion on her choice & asked some questions she, in the excitement of a first car purchase forgot to ask. We were happy to get her some extra cosmetic touches done to it. If your sailor goes to VA & they need a car (used) have them check out the Enterprise Used Auto. We spent several hours there & observed. Jen's salesman was ex-Cavalry. Many of the sales staff are current or ex service members. There was even a bit of career counseling by her salesman Keith & others. Jen had three other dealerships treat her badly & downright ignoring her. I was impressed how they "handled" her as a client. My dad was a car dealer for 35 years. I was happy with how they treated her. Their store was gender evolved. As a female, doing some trail blazing for women in my Dad's store from the 1950s on up, it was nice to see, but disappointing regards the other stores.

Comment by NavyMomJeg on June 23, 2013 at 9:53am: Here is an update. My DIL came home from the hospital last night on bed rest. She is more comfortable at home. Prognosis for the baby still isn't good to stay in for long enough but she is a strong one and is still moving! but we will just take it one day at a time! Sailor can't come home today because of funding not being approved :-/. Hopefully it will be approved soon. Thanks so much for all your prayers. It means so much that we have prayers for being said for us all over the world. Thanks! I will keep you updated

Comment by ChrisyDVM(Chris'sMom) on June 23, 2013 at 7:48am: NavyMomJeg, Has your son made it home yet? How is his wife? I and many of my friends are praying for them and you.

Comment by chriscwick on June 22, 2013 at 10:10pm: Sand storm?

Comment by tysmom on June 22, 2013 at 8:18pm: Hello All!! Is anyone having trouble getting through to their sailors?? I spoke to my sailor a few hours ago, and he told me to give him a wake up call! But, I am getting a busy signal or a message telling me my calls to this country can't be completed at this time! Anyone else ever had these issues?? Must admit it always worries me when I can't get through, I hate not knowing what's going on over there!

Comment by chriscwick on June 22, 2013 at 9:50am: Good thoughts on the way.

Comment by ChrisyDVM(Chris'sMom) on June 21, 2013 at 11:18pm: Praying...I'm so sorry you and your family are having to go through this and I hope and pray your son gets home quickly.

Comment by NavyMomJeg on June 21, 2013 at 11:14pm: Ok Bahrain Moms. My sailor and his family are in need of some prayers. His wife went into preterm labor today at 20 weeks. She's in the hospital. He's trying to get home and I'm making my way up to Whidbey to be with her. Thank God she's got a great friend who's helping out until I can get there. We want our granddaughter to make it!