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Almost 5,000 sailors have spent months aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. As another carrier heads to relieve them, a former pilot takes us inside life on the ship.
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USS Abraham Lincoln record deployment conditions dispute
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The USS Abraham Lincoln has left the Middle East and is returning to San Diego after a record deployment of about nine months, while the USS George Washington has arrived in the region to relieve it. Reports of poor living conditions, low morale and mental-health strains aboard the Lincoln remain publicly disputed, with President Donald Trump dismissing the concerns.
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Guardian
Trump downplays concerns about sailors aboard USS Abraham Lincoln amid record deployment
President said nine months at sea ‘not nearly long enough’ even as families call for attention to mental health crisis Donald Trump has downplayed concerns about US sailors enduring a record-setting deployment of nearly nine months aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln on Friday, saying the deployment is “not nearly long enough” as concerns mount over mental health and supply issues aboard the aircraft carrier. The US pres…
NPR
No privacy, little downtime: Life aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln
Almost 5,000 sailors have spent months aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. As another carrier heads to relieve them, a former pilot takes us inside life on the ship.
