More than 60 volunteers from the U.S. Navy, Supreme Council for Environment and Bahrain Capital Municipal Council joined hands for the event. Participants from the Supreme Council for Environment included Mrs. Reema Mohamed and Ms. Sara Al Naseer and from Capital Municipal Council included Eng. Saleh Tarada, Chairman of the Capital Municipal Council and members Dr. Mohamed Abdel Hassan, Eng. Mohamed Tawfiq and Ms. Fatima Hajji. Sailor 360 program organized the military volunteers including NSA Bahrain’s commanding officer Capt. William Lane and Public Works Officer Cmdr. Riley Smith. The volunteers collected over 500 pounds of waste (around 226 KG), most of which was plastic.

“Keeping plastic trash from entering the ocean helps to further eliminate its negative impacts to the open ocean ecosystem,” said Mr. Seung Suk, NSA Bahrain’s Environmental Program Director. “This event highlighted a unique bi-lateral cooperative opportunity providing immediate conservation benefit to our host nation’s environmental resources while demonstrating the US Navy’s commitment to environmental stewardship.”