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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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Current state
The USS Abraham Lincoln has departed the Middle East and is returning to San Diego after a roughly nine-month deployment, while the USS George Washington has arrived to relieve it. The acting US Navy secretary has confirmed that eight personnel assigned to the carrier strike group attempted suicide during the deployment, sharpening the public dispute over sailor welfare.
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What changed
The acting US Navy secretary formally confirmed that eight personnel assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group attempted suicide during the deployment, sharpening the dispute over sailor welfare.
In this event Senator confirms ‘eight suicide attempts’ by US navy personnel assigned to USS Abraham Lincoln carrier group – live First Thing: US aircraft carrier arrives to relieve USS Lincoln amid reports of poor living conditions Trump dismisses concerns about conditions on US aircraft carrier USS Washington aircraft carrier heads to Middle East to replace USS Lincoln
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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.
