Lincoln returns to San Diego Deployment hardships

Oct 8

Goodman reports the USS Abraham Lincoln returning to San Diego after what she calls an unprecedented 265 days at sea. She recounts at least eight suicide attempts and reports of low morale, food shortages and contaminated water. She attributes resupply problems to Iran destroying a Bahrain logistics hub in February and relocation to Diego Garcia over two thousand miles away. A connected closing brief attributes at least eighty-one damaged or destroyed U.S. aircraft and drones to a new congressional report; that brief does not independently establish a substantial new account.

The USS Abraham Lincoln returns to San Diego October 8 after its extended deployment. Democracy Now describes 265 days at sea, at least eight suicide attempts and reported poor conditions, low morale and supply problems, attributing logistics difficulties to the loss of the Bahrain hub and relocation to Diego Garcia. Duration and conditions descriptions remain attributed.