30名国会议员致信国防部长 Pete Hegseth：巴林撤离军属被迫自掏腰包，要求11月13日前答复
美国30名国会议员11月2日联名致信国防部长 Pete Hegseth，要求国防部就今年3月从巴林海军支援基地（NSA Bahrain）撤离的军人及家属的待遇作出说明并纠正做法。信件由众议员 Chris Deluzio、众议员 Pat Ryan 与参议员 Richard Blumenthal 共同领衔，签署者为众议院与参议院军事委员会成员及民主党退伍军人党团成员，众议院军事委员会民主党领袖 Adam Smith 亦在其中。
NSA Bahrain 是美国海军第五舰队司令部所在地，也是中央司令部的关键后勤枢纽，驻有约8300名军人、国防部文职人员及家属。议员们在信中写道，伊朗战争2月28日打响后，家属才获准撤离，其间遭遇伊朗报复性打击，基地严重受损；今年3月撤离以来，许多家属一直住在酒店与短租住所，被要求自掏腰包承担费用。国防部发放的「安全港」生活补助定于11月或领取满180天后终止，而许多家属尚未找到长期住所、家当也未运到；海军提出的延长补助申请已被国防部领导层拒绝。
议员们要求 Hegseth 在11月13日前答复：为何拒绝延长补助、由谁作出这一决定、撤离人员如何报销及有多少报销案待批，以及基地严重受损对美国在伊朗战争与中东行动的影响、修复基地的计划与成本。MS NOW 此前报道了撤离家属的困境，该报道是这封联名信的直接缘起。
（来源：众议员 Chris Deluzio 办公室）
30 Lawmakers Write to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Demanding Answers on Bahrain Evacuation of Military Families
Thirty members of the U.S. Congress wrote to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on November 2 demanding answers and corrective action over the treatment of servicemembers and families evacuated from Naval Support Activity Bahrain (NSA Bahrain) in March. The letter was co-led by Rep. Chris Deluzio, Rep. Pat Ryan and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, and its signatories are members of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees or the Democratic Veterans Caucus; Rep. Adam Smith, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, is among them.
NSA Bahrain hosts the headquarters of the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet and is a critical logistics hub for U.S. Central Command, home to roughly 8,300 military personnel, Defense Department civilians and their families. The lawmakers wrote that families were authorized to evacuate only after the Iran war began on February 28, subjecting them to Iranian retaliatory strikes that heavily damaged the base, and that since the March evacuation many families have been living in hotels and short-term rentals and paying expenses out of pocket. The department's safe haven living allowances are scheduled to end in November or after the 180th day of receipt, before many families have found permanent housing or received their household goods, and the Navy's request to extend the entitlements was denied by department leadership.
The lawmakers asked Hegseth to answer by November 13 why the extension was denied and who made the decision, how evacuees can be reimbursed and how many claims are pending, and how the severe damage to the base has affected U.S. operations in the Iran war and the wider Middle East, including repair plans and costs. The letter follows MS NOW reporting that detailed the hardships faced by the evacuated families.
(Source: Office of Rep. Chris Deluzio)
来源：众议员 Chris Deluzio 办公室
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图片来源：图：国防部长Pete Hegseth（左）在Fort Benning与军人握手。U.S. Secretary of Defense 摄，Public domain，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (left) shaking hands with a soldier at Fort Benning. By U.S. Secretary of Defense, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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