Strain at Sea: Inside the Record-Breaking, Combat-Heavy Deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln

WASHINGTON — In an official correspondence delivered to Capitol Hill, Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao disclosed that eight sailors assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group attempted suicide during a grueling, ten-month deployment marked by intense combat operations against Iran. The letter, submitted to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday, was provided in…

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Record-Breaking and Exhausting: USS Abraham Lincoln Concludes Historic, Troubled Deployment Amid Operational Strain and High-Level Scrutiny

WASHINGTON — The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) is finally steaming toward home, bringing to a close a modern U.S. Navy deployment that shattered records for consecutive days spent at sea, while simultaneously exposing severe systemic strains, acute supply shortages, and profound morale crises among its roughly 5,000-person crew. The vessel, which originally…

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