The US Department of War is reassessing the future of its military installations across West Asia following Iranian retaliatory strikes in the face of the latest American-Israeli aggression that damaged several key US facilities, a report says.

A senior Department of War official said the department was working with US Central Command (CENTCOM), which oversees the American troops deployed to the region, to evaluate damaged facilities and determine which installations would be needed under Washington’s future military posture, Washington-based news outlet Breaking Defense reported on Tuesday.

“We’re meeting with CENTCOM and doing the assessments right now from an installation perspective,” the official told reporters during a “Defense Writers Group” breakfast in Washington.

“Part of this is what will the global posture be in the future, and what does that require us to have?”

The review could determine the future of several important US military facilities in the region, including installations in Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan, all of which came under Iranian reprisal following the launch of the unprovoked aggression on February 28.

Among the facilities struck was Qatar’s al-Udeid Airbase, the US’s biggest such regional outpost. The retaliation rendered the department’s Combined Air Operations Center there inoperable.

US military installations in Saudi Arabia and Jordan were also targeted, while military infrastructure in Bahrain sustained major damage, with devastating effects to the US military’s regional logistical efficacy.

Acting US Navy Secretary Hung Cao has acknowledged the extent of the destruction in Bahrain, saying, “they blew the hell out of Bahrain.” Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Daryl Caudle has separately indicated that the US Navy’s return to Naval Support Activity Bahrain would not happen in the near term.

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According to the report, “the official added that the department is taking a strategic approach to investments, prioritizing where its presence is needed most.”

The official said resources would be directed towards bases considered necessary for US operations, linking reconstruction decisions to the broader review of Washington’s future military deployment strategy.

Although the department has provided lawmakers with estimates of the costs associated with the war, those figures have not included a comprehensive accounting of the damage to US military bases.

Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee this week called on the department to disclose the full cost.

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US officials have acknowledged that the growing availability of missiles and drones to the Islamic Republic’s Armed Forces has changed the threat environment facing fixed military facilities.

Bases previously regarded as supposedly secure because of their geographic location are also exposed to these capabilities, according to the official.

“The idea that we still have two oceans that keep any bad things from happening to us, that’s no longer a thing, so we’ve got to think differently,” the official said.