"...NPR has learned that hundreds of sailors were evacuated back to the United States from their base in Bahrain after the base was attacked by Iranian missiles and drones. In addition to the base in Bahrain, NPR has learned that there have been evacuations at other U.S. military bases in the region, though the exact details are unknown at this point..... Around 8,000 people were stationed at the base in Bahrain before the U.S. attacked Iran on Feb. 28....Sailors have been arriving in Norfolk, Va., home to the world's biggest naval base, since at least the middle of March. Several groups that provide aid to military personnel say that the sailors arrived with very little. A call went out to community groups, asking for basic supplies like hygiene products.

"The base was asking for donations of toiletries and different things for the sailors coming back, because they were coming back with nothing,""

https://www.npr.org/2026/04/03/nx-s1-5770491/evacuation-bahrain-norfolk-troops

#Iran #War #Bahrain #military

@ai6yr a United States military installation is asking for donations because they lack basic necessities? Unbelievable.

@desertsquare @ai6yr well, that's why they need billions more $

(End snark)

@akamran
I can't remember if Trump campaigned on supporting service members, or if he continued to double down about them being losers?
@ai6yr
@desertsquare @ai6yr Morale in the military must be utterly in the shitter.

@desertsquare @LabSpokane @ai6yr Wait until the DoD starts enacting 'Stop Loss' to keep people in the service after their contract has expired. That's when morale really tanks. I'm unclear if morale recovered from the last needless foreign policy fuckup.

"EAS baby - you can't stop time."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoxdT2xhra8

EAS Song

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@desertsquare @ai6yr Fighting unnecessary wars and asking the community to pick up the slack seems like two things on the list of most American activities, so I’m not really surprised. I’m surprised that what they asked for wasn’t hamburgers.
@ahltorp
Don't come at me talking shit.
@ai6yr
@desertsquare @ai6yr Or you what? Invade Greenland?
@desertsquare @ai6yr All this at the department that uses more than half the federal budget and is the only cabinet-level department that has never passed an audit.