”It is recommended that all individuals wear masks on DoD conveyances (e.g., aircraft, maritime vessels, and buses) and in Government cars, vans, or other low occupancy transportation assets when more than one person is present.”

All passengers arriving aboard the AMC Patriot Express will now be transported to the Bahrain International Airport (BIA) where they will claim their baggage and process through immigration and customs at the new commercial airport facility. Sponsors are advised to meet their inbound travelers at the International Airport arrivals area-- no longer NSA 3.

NSA 3 will remain the pet quarantine area, but will no longer be the pickup area for passengers. Pet owners will be required to return to NSA 3 after processing at BIA to claim pets. Bahrain Customs will allow a sponsor to pick-up pets with a copy of the owner’s passport and pet import permit.

The AMC Terminal will download pet owners from the aircraft first to obtain their information and allow them to see their pet. All Passengers arriving on the Patriot Express will clear through the Bahrain International Airport (immigration, customs and baggage claim).

PERSONNEL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS ON AMC PATRIOT EXPRESS.

Effective immediately, arriving passengers aboard the AMC PATRIOT EXPRESS are now received at the Bahrain International Airport. Military travelers will not wear military uniform into the Bahrain Civilian Airport. Furthermore, will not transport weapons, weapons parts or magazines of any kind aboard on PATRIOT EXPRESS commercial aircraft into Bahrain.

The following items are prohibited for commercial flights (this includes AMC PATRIOT EXPRESS) arriving at Bahrain International Airport and are subject to quarantine or confiscation:

* Weapons and associated holsters.

* Weapon parts to include bolts, locking blocks, empty magazines and other maintenance pieces.

* Weapons accessories to include sights, optics, and laser target illuminators/designators.

* Ammunition and explosives.

* Kevlar helmets.

* Individual body armor to include plate carriers associated ceramic or ballistic plates.

* CBRN-D equipment to include gas masks, filters, and decontamination kits.

* Tactical vest attachments to include ammunition and grenade pouches.

* Law enforcement equipment to include handcuffs and other restraints.

* Knives to include multi-tools, leathermans, dive knives and military uniform swords.

* Green laser pointers or any color laser pointer above 100-mw power.

* Communications equipment to include encryptors, commercial or military radios, satellite phones, executive voice kits, key loaders, and hard drives (that do not have customs pre-clearance from HNCC-B.

* Unmanned systems to include aerial, surface, and underwater systems.