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August 20, 2026       Share:    

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/08/18/pentagon-evaluating-smaller-us-military-presence-persian-gulf-after-iran-war/

U.S. Weighing Smaller Military Presence in Gulf Once Iran War Ends

(Washington Post) Noah Robertson - The Pentagon is evaluating its military footprint in the Middle East after America's large overseas military bases in the Persian Gulf have been battered by months of Iranian strikes. The Defense Department has signaled that it might not rebuild its bases as they were before the conflict. U.S. Central Command, which runs military operations in the Middle East, normally stations 40,000 troops across almost 20 sites. Before the start of the war in February, U.S. Central Command evacuated many of its bases, judging them too vulnerable to Iranian missile and drone attacks to maintain normal staffing levels.

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