Months after being evacuated from Bahrain, military families await their next move

WHRO | By Steve Walsh

Published August 12, 2026 at 4:47 AM EDT

Sailors and family members who were evacuated from U.S. bases in the Middle East months ago are waiting for the military to figure out what will happen to the lives they left behind.

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