USS Abraham Lincoln returns after record 265-day Iran deployment
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 8 Oct, 20:31 · Archive
The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier has returned to San Diego after 265 uninterrupted days supporting military operations in Iran.
The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier returned to San Diego Bay on Thursday after a record-breaking 265-day uninterrupted deployment supporting operations in Iran. Dozens of sailors stood atop the carrier as it passed downtown San Diego towards the dock, where families waited with flowers, balloons and cowbells.
The deployment drew national attention following reports of deteriorating conditions aboard, including crew stress, poor mental health and supply shortages of food and hygiene products. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth flew to the carrier on Wednesday to award the crew the Presidential Unit Citation, the highest honour a unit can receive and typically reserved for significant achievement in combat. Hegseth pushed back against efforts to characterise the Lincoln as 'a symbol of dysfunction or a symbol of low morale or a symbol of a failed mission'.
Among the first to depart when the ship docks at the naval base in Coronado will be 64 fathers meeting their babies for the first time, the Navy said. Sailor Kathy Monterrosa was waiting with her six-month-old daughter, Sarahi. 'She's our deployment baby,' Monterrosa said. 'We are different people now; we are parents now.'
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- The long-deployed USS Lincoln returns home to San Diego BayThe USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier has returned home to San Diego Bay after a record-setting uninterrupted time at sea supporting the Iran war.Clickorlando · 8 Oct, 10:04
- The long-deployed USS Lincoln returns home to San Diego BayThe USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier has returned home to San Diego Bay after a record-setting uninterrupted time at sea supporting the Iran war.News4Jax · 8 Oct, 10:04
In this story: USS Abraham Lincoln · San Diego Bay · Iran · Pete Hegseth · Kathy Monterrosa
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