AI6YR BenApr 4

"...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

Show threadGrumble 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇬🇱

@ai6yr As a former sailor, I have to wonder what these folks were doing in Bahrain that, now that we're in a shooting war, is no longer needed?

I mean, at some point, it was very important to the Navy that 8000 sailors should go to Bahrain to do X. But now that there's a war in Bahrain, those 8000 people must flee to Norfolk (which is an awful base, and I feel bad for them and anyone else stationed in that East Coast ass crack).

Maybe they were counting the ships that transited the Straights of Hormuz?

Apr 5 at 5:50amWeb
Show threadme_valentijnApr 5
@grumble209 @ai6yr
Getting out of the way in anticipation of Israel nuking everything they can reach?