{"id":134481,"date":"2026-01-23T17:59:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T17:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2026\/01\/23\/bahrain-naval-base-begins-15-million-barracks-renovation\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:28:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:28:24","slug":"bahrain-naval-base-begins-15-million-barracks-renovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2026\/01\/23\/bahrain-naval-base-begins-15-million-barracks-renovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Bahrain naval base begins $15 million barracks renovation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Military personnel at Naval Support Activity Bahrain initiated a $15.8 million unaccompanied housing modernization project on Jan. 12, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/news\/556443\/sailors-first-action-nsa-bahrain-begins-unaccompanied-housing-renovations#:~:text=MANAMA,%20Bahrain%20%E2%80%94%20Public%20Works%20Department,to%20address%20substandard%20living%20conditions.\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/news\/556443\/sailors-first-action-nsa-bahrain-begins-unaccompanied-housing-renovations#:~:text=MANAMA,%20Bahrain%20%E2%80%94%20Public%20Works%20Department,to%20address%20substandard%20living%20conditions.\">according<\/a> to a Navy release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The facelift, done in partnership with the Public Works Department Bahrain, fulfills the Navy\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navy.mil\/Leadership\/Chief-of-Naval-Operations\/display-cnotes\/Article\/4295203\/c-note-1-sailors-first\/\" rel=\"\">\u201cSailors First\u201d <\/a>initiative and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/10\/10\/a-new-barracks-task-force-aims-to-improve-military-living-conditions\/\" rel=\"\">Barracks Task Force<\/a> initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The former was a set of objectives provided by Chief of Naval Operations Adm. 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