When the HMS Lancaster leaves Bahrain, the UK will have no warship in the Gulf for the first time in decades, despite Houthi ...

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti meets with sailors during a tour of Task Force 59, at U.S. Naval Forces Central Command in Manama, Bahrain, June 4, 2024.

Defense Secretary Hegseth met Bahrain's Crown Prince to enhance military ties and maritime security amid regional tensions.

Bahrain and Kuwait, Gulf nations that both host U.S. military bases, temporarily closed their airspaces. Bahrain, the island nation that hosts the U.S. Navy's Middle East headquarters, sounded air ...

MANAMA, Bahrain — U.S. Navy and United Arab Emirates drone operations wrapped up Thursday after a 10-day exercise in the Persian Gulf, where Iran was hosting its own maritime showcase on the ...

The base has been used by the US Navy since 1948, when the facility was operated by Britain's Royal Navy. Qatar: Al Udeid Air Base, the largest US military base in the Middle East, is in Qatar.

Cmdr. Bill Golden, center, commanding officer of the littoral combat ship USS Canberra’s (LCS-30) Blue Crew, gives a tour of the ship’s bridge in Manama, Bahrain, May 26, 2025. US Navy Photo ...

MANAMA, Bahrain - A tied arch bridge, known as the flyover bridge, was moved into place over the Khalifa Bin Salman Causeway connecting Naval Support Activity (NSA) Bahrain to the U.S. Navy port ...

Manama, Nov.6 (BNA): British Navy Chief of Staff Admiral Sir Philip Andrew Jones and the accompanying delegation visited the Royal Bahrain Naval Force (RBNF). They were received by RBNF Commander ...