US plane provider Abraham Lincoln returns to San Diego after file deployment
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US plane provider USS Abraham Lincoln returned to San Diego on Thursday after supporting the US battle towards Iran. The plane provider spent a file 265 consecutive days at sea amid stories of adverse situations for its crew.
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US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth visited the provider on Wednesday to current its crew with the Presidential Unit Citation, the very best army award given to a unit.
He rejected options that the ship had develop into “an emblem of dysfunction or an emblem of low morale or an emblem of a failed mission.”
The provider attracted nationwide consideration following stories of stress, psychological well being issues and shortages of meals and hygiene merchandise throughout its deployment.
The Navy initially downplayed the issues however later acknowledged some points on board, together with lowered meal choices because of restricted resupply alternatives.
Additionally, the Navy instructed lawmakers that eight sailors had tried suicide throughout the deployment. Experts stated the determine was comparatively low for a strike group of round 6,000 personnel over 10 months.
The Lincoln left California in November 2025 for obligation within the South China Sea and was rerouted to the Middle East earlier than US-Israeli assaults on Iran that started in February 2026.
