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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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Comment by erinsmom 3 hours ago -
Thank you Lady Hamilton. They don't pay income tax on the money they earn in Bahrain. My daughter's housing is taken care of and she's saving as much as possible. On her last leave, she paid for her own travel so she had control over the where and when. I'm proud of her.
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Comment by Lady Hamilton 3 hours ago -
Don't our kids get an extra $225 a month for Imminent Danger/Hostile Fire Pay?
Set that aside and it easily covers a trip back to the States every 12 months.
"They don't make a lot of money." Bunk. I can't speak for anyone else, but my daughter makes a darn good living in the Navy. Better than many of her HS classmates who went off to college 9 years ago, earned degrees, got jobs that don't pay enough to cover their student loans and still live at home.
BAH - Not too shabby.
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Comment by chriscwick 10 hours ago -
Yep, true. My Chris paid $1,200 for his way home.
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Comment by Mommalinda 11 hours ago -
Yes unfortunately this is true. My son has been there for 29 months. He has come home on leave twice. He has had to pay for both trips. Very expensive. When his Grandfather who was military died, I called he Red Cross went through all the channels they had him reserved on a Transporter. Two days before he was to leave he was bumped off for a Officer who was meeting his wife in Italy. So he had to buy a last minute ticket home. Very disappointing in the way this was handled.
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Comment by Lorna 11 hours ago -
My son is station in Bahrain for 24 mths!! He said that he will be able to get vacations after a year. But he told me that he has to pay his way back home if he wants to come home for vacations. That is sooo unfair... Is not the same to all, If they are station in the US, I can understand, but overseas!! Is a killer. They don't make a lot of money. I was wondering if such info, that my son told me is correct? Please advise, if somebody knows... I am sad...
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Comment by chriscwick on May 13, 2013 at 2:16pm
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U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. 5th Fleet
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NSA Bahrain
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Comment by Nitasmom on May 13, 2013 at 10:54am -
I'm trying to find the fb page that everyone keeps talking about and there are several and I'm not sure which one it is, the ones that I have checked out are either about baseball games or the government. Please help
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Comment by Tmgoplay on May 13, 2013 at 10:34am -
Ditto on that
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Comment by Nitasmom on May 13, 2013 at 10:33am
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Just heard from my sailor about the MA3 hit by car yesterday, she just came from his funeral. My deepest sympathy and prayers go out to the family.
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Comment by Sailors mom2011 on May 10, 2013 at 9:15pm -
My son has been over there for a year, he recently bought an iphone and has told us about an app called Voxer PTT . It is a walkie talkie type communication over internet. Simple to use, just like using a walkie talkie. I like it because now I can contact him when I need, usually he can answer right away unless he is working, and it is free. No more expensive phone calls. We also use facetime, facebook, and OoVoo (videophone). when he is underweigh, we have less opportunity, as internet isn't as available away from land.
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