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Category: Bahrain

  • Naval Regional Contracting Center Naples Detachment Bahrain (NRCC)

    The Naval Regional Contracting Center Bahrain is the second detachment unit of NRCC Naples under the command of Commander in Chief, United States Naval Forces Europe and the NRCC Naples Command. NRCC Naples which is based in Capodichino (Naples), Italy has two detachments in different locations, London and Bahrain. The NRCC Naples has a satellite office in Dubai.

    NRCC Bahrain Facts

    • Website: No known website for NRCC
    • Location: Bahrain
    • Latitude: 26.051907
    • Longitude: 50.541057
    • DSN: N/A

    The NRCC Naples mission is to offer base support and naval fleet for Military Sealift and Coastguard Ships, US Navy, contingency operations, continental US activities that needs supplies and services from Southwest Asia, Europe, and Africa and US facilities and bases situated in Europe, Southwest Asia and Africa. The NRCC Naples support branch plans the procurements of marketing surveys, estimates the costs, develops quality assurance plans and also develops statement of works and its specifications. It also responsible in awarding the contracts for the different services and supplies including transportation services, legal services, air terminal services, telecommunication services, money exchange machines, commissary equipment, potable water, health care services, and weapons spare parts and construction supplies.

    Naval Regional Contracting Center Naples Detachment Bahrain

    NRCC Bahrain

    The exercises and operations forces from the Hasmite Kingdom and the United States took part in the cooperative training exercise known as Infinite Moonlight 98 from May 14 to June 8, 1998.in plain environment.   The USS Tarawa Amphibious Readiness Group was maintained and by the NRCC Bahrain. The NRCC Bahrain provided the berthing and messing as well as the equipments used by the soldiers.  The Fury 98 (Nov 98) conducted a special operation exercise with the US Special Armed Operations Forces and the Bahraini Armed Forces at Sheik Isa Air Base. It also provided support to the NAVCENT and the Special Operations Command, Central (SOCCENT) HQ as well as to the other exercises like the EAGLE RESOLVE, NEON FALCON and BRIGHT STAR.

  • Naval Support Activity Bahrain

    The Naval Support Activity is in the center of the busiest sixty acres of the world, in Middle East and in the eastern side of Saudi Arabia.  It offers different kinds of support and services to the remote sites of the entire region, civilian and military employees living in the Bahrain and the support to the ships. This is the base for more than 4,400 military employees and the DOD civilian personnel that serve the 78 Tenant command and the NSA Bahrain including the Joint Coalition Forces.  This navy base houses the United States Fifth Fleet and the US Naval Forces Central Command.

    Naval Support Activity Bahrain Facts

    • Location: Kingdom of Bahrain
    • Website: Visit NSA Bahrain Website ›
    • Phone: 011-973-17-85-4299
    • Latitude: 26.209722
    • Longitude: 50.609722
    • DSN: N/A

    Currently, the Naval Support Activity is undergoing renovation and rehabilitation projects that will make room for more improvement in their services and facilities. On April 13, 1935, British Navy developed the naval station HMS JUFFAIR in the NSA site. In 1950, United States lease a portion of space in the area from British and the British troops left Bahrain due to the expiration of their treaty agreement leaving the place awarding the place total independence. After United States had signed a contract with Bahraini Government, the US took control part of the HMS JUFFAIR and change the name to managerial Support Unit Bahrain and later named as the managerial Support Unit then on 1979, ASU Southwest Asia was made the Naval Support Activity Bahrain.

    Front of the Naval Support Activity Bahrain

    Sign of Naval Support Activity Bahrain

    Aral view of NSA Bahrain

    NSA Bahrain Tent

    NSA is the major naval base in the area that provides support to the marine and naval activities of the operation Iraqi Freedom and operating Enduring Freedom. Though the NSA Bahrain has existed for more than ten years, the presence of United States can still be felt in the naval base and after sixty years, the improvement has develop from small units to the modern day infrastructures. The naval base gives support to United States Armed Forces and its allied forces by supporting their Navy exchange facility and recreation, morale and welfare programs through their logistic, projection and supply services.