Day 8 · USS Lincoln Deployment Strain

USS Lincoln Heads Home

The USS George Washington arrived in the Middle East, allowing the USS Lincoln to head home.

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Updated Aug 20, 8:50pm ET

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The USS George Washington arrived in the Arabian Sea on Aug. 19, taking over the Middle East carrier mission from the USS Abraham Lincoln. The Lincoln has departed the region and is heading back to San Diego after a roughly nine-month deployment, with about 5,000 sailors and Marines aboard. The carrier had been supporting U.S. operations against Iran, and its extended deployment drew reports from families and service members of mental-health strain, supply shortages, food and water problems, and low morale.

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Troubled DeploymentMostly Left

The USS Abraham Lincoln deployment was an unusually punishing ordeal that exposed serious Navy failures in conditions, logistics, maintenance and staffing. Poor planning and limited transparency around Iran-related operations made those problems worse and left sailors facing low morale and health strains.

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