Royal Navy Support Facility Bahrain

[chopper2004]

Came across this on youtube :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRvgGJXFgYw

Nice whistlestop tour and the galley does not look too bad :)

Now will like our cousins across the pond, the CO will have a nice twin engined liaision a/c in the form of a King Air? :E leased out by Gama Aviation lol

cheers

[Like This - Do That]

Facilities in the background around 1min07 look suspiciously like a bar. Or is pointing that out verboten now in official RN media?

[switch_on_lofty]

Pointing out the bar not ideal on official media in the middle East I guess.
Not as verboten as wearing your beret inside though!

[The Old Fat One]

Bahrain's a party town...good luck trying to coop people up in this unless you are basically locking them in!

Bars & Clubs - Bahrain Bars & Night Clubs, Pubs & Entertainment Review - TimeOutBahrain.com (http://www.timeoutbahrain.com/bars)

[Airbubba]

Don't know if the RN is like this but the USN in Bahrain was in party mode until the logistics commodore scuttled his career with a skinny dip in an upscale family housing area:

The main incident which led to Geisler, 45, being discharged from the U.S. Navy is alleged to have happened last June, after a full day of drinking at a glamorous apartment complex called the Floating City.

The host, reportedly a junior officer, had just moved into the complex and threw a house-warming party, inviting a mix of colleagues from her command, friends and neighbours.

She surprised her guests when she stripped off her bikini top, but was soon joined by another male and female who went skinny dipping with her in the canal.

Witnesses said that was when Capt. David Geisler, the most senior officer at the party and commodore of the logistics task force responsible for supplying all naval assets in 5th Fleet, removed his bathing suit and swam naked in the water.

According to investigators, the canal is in the middle of the luxurious complex, so their naked frolics were in 'plain view' of neighbors and people walking past on the street.

Over the next five months, the junior officer's home became the location of many more parties - including fancy dress such as toga and wear-a-tie night.

Fifth Fleet is 'unaware of any host-nation impact' from the indecent parties, Lt. Rebecca Rebarich, a spokeswoman for the fleet, said in an emailed reply to questions from the Navy Times.

David Geisler: What really cost sacked US Navy commodore his job... | Daily Mail Online (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2127600/David-Geisler-What-really-cost-sacked-US-Navy-commodore-job-.html)