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USS Abraham Lincoln Returns After Record Deployment
US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln ends 265-day deployment in Middle East after record sea time.
In brief
US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln ends 265-day deployment in Middle East after record sea time. US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln returned to San Diego after a 265-day deployment supporting the US war against Iran. Originally reported by euronews.
USS Abraham Lincoln returns to San Diego
US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln returned to San Diego on Thursday after supporting the US war against Iran.
Record 265-day deployment
The aircraft carrier spent a record 265 consecutive days at sea amid reports of difficult conditions for its crew.
Military recognition and concerns
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth visited the carrier to present the Presidential Unit Citation, rejecting claims of dysfunction or low morale.
“he rejected suggestions that the ship had become "a symbol of dysfunction or a symbol of low morale or a symbol of a failed mission"”
At a glance
US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln returned to San Diego after a 265-day deployment supporting the US war against Iran.
