By Anika Arora Seth, Shelby Holliday, Denise Blostein, and Milàn Czerny / June 25, 2026 9:00 pm ET
When the Iranian missiles and drones came for the nerve center of America’s naval operations in the Middle East, some of them hit their mark.
The U.S. Navy base in Bahrain was repeatedly targeted between late February and June. Strikes that got through caused extensive damage, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of satellite imagery, social-media footage and interviews with current and former service members—damage that the Pentagon hasn’t publicly acknowledged. Hit hard were the command headquarters and at least a dozen other buildings, along with two satellite communications terminals.
The Trump administration has called the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln home after supply shortages aboard created difficulties for the crew.
Some reports filtering through suggest Iran's counterattacks against U.S. military Middle East locations reduced the U.S. ability to resupply our vessels there, including the Lincoln.