'Feels Like Everybody Is Dead': Morale Remains Low as Uss Abraham Lincoln Heads Home After 270 Days at Sea

'Feels Like Everybody Is Dead': Morale Remains Low as Uss Abraham Lincoln Heads Home After 270 Days at Sea

The USS Abraham Lincoln is heading back to San Diego after what the Navy says is a record-breaking 272 consecutive days at sea, the longest continuous deployment in modern US naval history. Its crew of around 5,000 sailors and Marines, now relieved in the region by the USS George Washington, are returning home after more than nine months in the Middle East without a single port call. Families say morale on board fell sharply during the deploymen…

Column: We should all care about the sailors aboard the USS Lincoln

There are strategic reasons to take care of these sailors, but there’s another reason: compassion, retired Navy Lt. Cmdr. Julie Roland writes in a Fulcrum column.

Pete Hegseth accused of hiding that Iran destroyed the U.S. military’s resupply base in the Middle East amid concerns about the USS Abraham Lincoln

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth concealed the extent of Iranian strikes that destroyed the main American resupply base in the Middle East, according to an allegation by MS Now senior national security reporter David Rohde, as concerns mount over conditions faced by sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. During a segment on MS Now addressing President Donald Trump‘s dismissal of reports of low morale and mental health concerns among crew mem…

Here’s why conditions on the USS Lincoln fell apart during its 270-plus days at sea

Iranian attacks that devastated a key US base in the Persian Gulf forced the Navy to resupply the aircraft carrier from a faraway island in the Indian Ocean. Now it’s steaming home

Iran strikes on Bahrain disrupted USS Lincoln supply line

Iranian missile and drone strikes heavily damaged the U.S. Navy base in Bahrain that supplied the USS Abraham Lincoln, and the carrier’s crew ran short of food and basic supplies as a result. The Trump [...]