The main Bahrain navy base people usually mean is the U.S. Navy’s Naval Support Activity (NSA) Bahrain, located in the Juffair district of Manama, the capital of Bahrain, on the island’s northeast coast. It sits near the commercial port area at Mina Salman and serves as the headquarters for U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and the U.S. Fifth Fleet, making it one of the most strategically important naval hubs in the Persian Gulf region.

There is also a Royal Navy facility—the United Kingdom Naval Support Facility (UKNSF)—co‑located in the same general port area at Mina Salman in Manama, in the neighborhood officially called Juffair by the Bahraini government.