Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao admitted Iran severely damaged the U.S. Fifth Fleet base in Bahrain.
The strikes forced the Navy to evacuate roughly 1,300 military family members in August.
The USS Abraham Lincoln carrier lost its port access and could not dock at the base.
A Wall Street Journal review found extensive damage to the command headquarters and other buildings, although no one was killed.
The Pentagon is now weighing whether to rebuild the base or scale back its Middle East footprint.
Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao confirmed this week that Iranian forces inflicted severe damage on the United States’ primary naval logistics hub in the Middle East, raising fundamental questions about America’s ability to project power in the region. The strikes against Naval Support Activity Bahrain, which is home to the U.S. Fifth Fleet and U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, occurred over recent months during escalating conflict between Washington and Tehran, leaving the installation so compromised that the Navy evacuated approximately 1,300 military family members in August amid the conflict and advised against their return.
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