The Fifth Fleet of the U.S. Navy

The U.S. Fifth Fleet, a 30-ship installment including two aircraft carriers, is charged with monitoring oil shipping lanes?, Iranian military movement, and increasing piracy in the Middle East. Specifically, the fleet patrols the Persian Gulf?, the Arabian Sea?, the Red Sea?, and Africa's eastern coast.

The Fifth Fleet, is based in Bahrain. During the unrest of the 2011 Arab Spring, troops from Saudi Arabia? helped quash political unrest in Bahrain. The country has an oil refining? capability and produces jet fuel used by carrier-based aircraft.