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USS Abraham Lincoln Returns to San Diego Amid Calls for Probe Into Crew Conditions
The carrier completed 266 days at sea, while reports of mental health concerns and supply disruptions drew scrutiny from lawmakers.
- The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln departed the Middle East on Thursday after a record-breaking 272-day deployment, beginning its journey home to San Diego following nine months of continuous combat operations against Iran.
- During Operation Epic Fury, the carrier supported 40 days of continuous combat operations in the 5th Fleet area and maintained a naval blockade of Iranian ports through months of escalation and ceasefire collapses.
- Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao acknowledged the crew had been "pushed to its limits" but emphasized "they have never broken." Earlier this month, reports of mental health struggles aboard the carrier drew scrutiny from lawmakers and military publications.
- The aircraft carrier USS George Washington arrived in the Middle East earlier this week to relieve Lincoln, a strategic shift that leaves the Indo-Pacific without an American carrier strike group as China conducts military exercises near Taiwan.
- Upon returning, the ship will make a final call at San Diego before transitioning its homeport to the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington—a move that complicates reunions for sailors whose city of residence changed while they served at sea.
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The U.S. carrier Abraham Lincoln left the Middle East and headed for its base in San Diego, after a nine-month deployment, of which approximately 200 days in the area of combat operations, writes Stars and Stripes. According to an officer of the U.S. Navy, quoted under the protection of the anonymous, the carrier and its crew, [...] Source
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