US evacuates personnel's family from Bahrain

Around 800 family members of US military personnel living in Bahrain will be flown home this week, days after it was announced that Americans in the Persian Gulf nation were at risk of terrorist attack.

Rear Admiral Stephen Turcotte, commander of the US Navy’s Mid-Atlantic region, said yesterday that US military dependants in Bahrain will return by way of the Norfolk Naval Station in Virginia.

One family has already arrived, but most were expected to fly in this weekend. Admiral Turcotte said the number of family members could be as few as 700 or as many as 1,000.

Many are expected to return to their hometowns or move in with relatives or friends. Others will stay at the naval station for a time.