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@eaab08 ,
I am not posting this link to discourage you, but rather to get you thinking about what is important to you and to think about how hard you are willing to work. Was your question simply using Arabic and Bahrain as an example of matching a language to a posting? Do you have any foreign language experience? To do it right requires effort beyond the classroom.
Each one of the postings on this thread is a different perspective on the same theme, i.e. you will spend many years proving yourself as a Midshipman and Naval Officer, irrespective of your foreign language abilities, before the Navy would want to tap them. And they aren't going to say "Well, Lt. eaabo8 is a half a$$ Surface Warfare Officer, but he speaks Arabic, so let's make him a Foreign Area Officer."
You will find no more of an evangelist for foreign language study than I, whether its two years of high school Spanish or four years of college Mandarian. It opens a new world and it develops critical thinking. If you're truly proficient, it would be a way to differentiate yourself in a competitive environment, but only if you are truly competitive in in your core skill set.