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Navy holds town hall to reassure military families displaced by Iran war

NPR | By Steve Walsh,
Michel Martin
Published August 24, 2026 at 4:45 AM EDT

Hundreds of military families were evacuated from Bahrain during the opening days of the war with Iran. The Navy recently held a town hall to try to reassure them that they had not been forgotten.

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