Posted on 10/18/2023 4:18:45 AM PDT by hardspunned
BAHRAIN The U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet, which oversees the region, is based in Bahrain, an island nation off the coast of Saudi Arabia that is home to over 7,000 American troops. Sheikh Isa Air Base on the island also hosts American fighter jets, surveillance aircraft and a U.S. special forces operations center. The U.S. considers the island a “major non-NATO ally.” Britain, meanwhile, has just opened its first military base east of the Suez Canal since 1971 in Bahrain.
KUWAIT The tiny, oil-rich nation hosts over 13,000 American troops and the U.S. Army Central’s forward headquarters. It also maintains forces and equipment at two air bases and a naval base in the country. Kuwait International Airport also hosts the U.S. military’s largest regional air logistics point. Some 2,200 American mine-resistant tactical vehicles are stationed there. The U.S. also considers Kuwait a “major non-NATO ally.”
OMAN A few hundred U.S. military personnel are based in Oman. The sultanate also allows U.S. military overflights and port visits. It also allows the U.S. to preposition munitions in the country. America signed a new port access agreement with Oman this year. Britain has signed a deal to build a naval base in the country.
QATAR The forward headquarters of the U.S. military’s Central Command is at Qatar’s sprawling Al Udeid Air Base, home to up to 13,000 American troops. Qatar plans to further expand the base, which saw the U.S. position nuclear-capable B-52 bombers there as tensions rose with Iran. Turkey also has its own military base in the country, to the chagrin of Saudi Arabia, which sees Ankara as a regional rival for influence.
SAUDI ARABIA The U.S. pulled troops out of Saudi Arabia after the Sept. 11 terror attacks and the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden long criticized the presence of American forces there. This summer, U.S. officials said fighter aircraft, air defense missiles and likely more than 500 American troops would return to Riyadh’s Prince Sultan Air Base over tensions with Iran. U.S. special operations troops also reportedly have assisted Saudi forces along its border with war-torn Yemen.
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Dubai’s Jebel Ali port in the United Arab Emirates is the largest port of call for the U.S. Navy outside of America. The UAE hosts 5,000 U.S. military personnel, many at Abu Dhabi’s Al Dhafra Air Base, where American drones and advanced F-35 jetfighters are stationed. The U.S. Navy also maintains a small base in Fujairah on the Gulf of Oman. France also maintains its own navy base in Abu Dhabi, the Emirati capital.
They should always be considered targets.
Iran has already threatened US Troops stationed in Syria and Iraq.
Your concern is very concerning to those that are concerned.
bkmk
Any base should always be considered a target.
Yes. Our men were targets in Reagan's time. Who's forgotten? Seems far too many....
Islam is one problem. Elite globalism is the other. And for any who think it's socialism, recall that the Ba'ath Party and other Muslim groups were socialists, and that the National Socialists were socialists, etc. And all the socialist parties end up be led by elitists.
Would you be at all surprised to find out protective barriers for one of our bases weren’t constructed because we are still waiting for a lgbtxyz friendly local bid on the work? I expect it.
Hello, I’m sure they are already.
“I have concerns about....”
Being a Concern Troll
“Iran has already threatened US Troops stationed in Syria and Iraq.”
...since 2010
A guy is concerned about the thousands of US troops deployed to the area. Troops who have been specifically threatened by the animals who perpetrated the attacks on Israel. And you call me out as a troll. Thank you for the compliment. Whenever a rabid warmongering neocon calls me out for questioning his rainbow warrior heroes in the Pentagon and White House, I know I’m upsetting the right apologists.
My youngest son is a Navy Helo pilot deployed over there now......
Concerned........
Concern has always been present. WE are past that now.
Why be concerned?
The US has a huge amount of oil in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in which to defend US’ interests.
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Hopefully our TRILLION dollar defense budget has bought a hell of a lot of gee whiz shock and awe we don’t know about. Hopefully it also negates the need for the raft of pudgy, short, diverse, gender confused recruits we have now.
No, they are not targets. BRICS nations don’t want a war within their own borders.
The US soldiers in Syria though are most definitely a target
Yep, we also had plenty of prepositioned 155 artillery rounds in Israel in case of a major war in the area. We had before it got send to and wasted in Ukraine.
Your smart ass remark reflects your lack of concern for our troops. My worries are very real as evidence by the attack on the base housing US troops this morning. This is serious business, too serious for juvenile BS like yours.
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They better be.
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