US Navy press service reported, that at the US base in Bahrain, it was found dead the commander of the 5th Fleet US Navy Scott Stirn. The message there is no evidence, that death could be violent, but noted, that an investigation into the death of Vice Admiral, and in the investigation attended by representatives of the Ministry of Interior of Bahrain.
Acting commander of the Fifth Fleet was appointed Rear Admiral Paul Shlis.
Bahrain is an impressive contingent of US military. And earlier in the United States have expressed concerns about the siting of a US military base. In particular, It noted, that the problem is in the relationship with Iran, who has repeatedly expressed its readiness to close the Strait of Hormuz in the event of a conflict, that will automatically block the US Fifth Fleet possibility of communication between base in Bahrain and that part of the Indian Ocean, which is included in its area of responsibility.
By the consideration of the case about the discovery of the body of Vice Admiral Scott Stirn started and US Naval Criminal Investigation Service. At the moment, about the causes of the death of the commander is not reported. known, Stirn that the body was found in his own residence in Manama. Discusses his medical data card, Medical personnel database is queried.
