Conflict · Lincoln homecoming
USS Abraham Lincoln Nears 321-Day Homecoming as Senate Seeks Welfare Reviews Geschreven 8 oktober 2026 om 01:31 UTC
Transcript 0:09 On August 21st, we reported Lincoln heading home. 0:12 Its scheduled return now follows 321 deployment days. 0:16 Eight suicide attempts across the strike group have put crew welfare at the center 0:19 of demands for independent review. 0:21 What is established about those extensions, and what remains unanswered about the 0:25 crew's supplies, rest, and care? 0:27 The USS Abraham Lincoln is due at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego on 0:32 October 8th. 0:33 At the October 7th reporting cutoff, it had not arrived alongside. 0:37 Welcoming sailors aboard the ship did not establish a completed homecoming. 0:41 Our August 21 account described roughly 273 deployment days and a projected 4-5 week 0:47 voyage after an expected relief by USS George Washington. 0:51 The actual journey, including stops in Thailand and Guam, has overtaken that 0:54 projection. 0:55 On August 19th, we reported 268 days at sea, approximately 5,000 sailors and 1:01 Marines, and more than 200 consecutive days without a port call. 1:05 Those were the accounts then, not today's final duration or a confirmed arrival. 1:10 The exact August 19 on-station relief date and an August 22 departure from the 1:15 Central Command Area are not established. 1:17 Neither should become a confirmed transit milestone simply because it appeared in an 1:21 earlier account. 1:22 Lincoln reached Lame Chabang in Thailand on September 2 and departed September 6th. 1:28 That was its first full or regular port visit of the deployment. 1:31 A September 19 to 20 stop at April Harbor in Guam provided logistics support and 1:36 on-base liberty. 1:37 The Guam visit around deployment day 302 was not a regular full Liberty port call. 1:42 Escorts also visited Thailand, USS Frank E. 1:45 Peterson Jr. 1:46 went to Siracha, and USS Robert Smalls to Map Taw Foot. 1:50 Peterson returned to Hawaii on September 28th. 1:52 Lincoln departed San Diego on November 21st, 2025. 1:57 The 321-day deployment includes port visits. 2:00 The gap from its December 11th Guam stop to Thailand was roughly 264 elapsed 2:06 days or 265 with inclusive counting, not another deployment. 2:10 The 286-day description at Thailand tracks the deployment calendar span. 2:15 Another account used 208 consecutive days at sea and 200 days in a combat zone. 2:20 Its boundaries are not established as equivalent to the longer December to September 2:23 port call gap. 2:24 Mission length and the intervals between shore opportunities measure different 2:28 burdens on sailors and families. 2:30 Neither a deployment total nor a combat zone count by itself tells us whether rest 2:35 and support were adequate. 2:36 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth acknowledged signing two extensions when he boarded 2:40 Lincoln on October 7th. 2:42 He also acknowledged that the mission and resupply were not easy. 2:45 Those decisions are now among the subjects proposed for independent scrutiny. 2:49 Hegseth presented the Presidential Unit Citation, the military's highest unit-level 2:53 award for valor in battle. 2:55 It recognizes the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, including the Carrier, 2:59 Carrier Air Wing 9, and accompanying ships, not every action by the carrier alone. 3:03 The citation credits the group with 3,693 combat sorties, delivery of 3:09 1.37 million pounds of ordnance, Launch of 450 Tomahawk land attack cruise missiles, 3:14 and sinking 64 Iranian warships. 3:17 These are official claims, not independently audited operational results. 3:21 The award does not provide an independently established inventory of Iranian losses 3:25 or a civilian casualty assessment. 3:27 Its figures describe the credited scale of the mission, not a complete accounting of 3:31 its consequences. 3:32 The award also credits defenses with shooting down 77 one-way attack drones, 3:36 destroying 21 anti-ship cruise missiles, and defending against four fast attack 3:40 craft or explosive-carrying ships described as DAOs. 3:43 Four is not an additional independently verified count of ships sunk. 3:46 40 straight combat days began February 28th, followed by a months-long blockade. 3:52 February 28th is established as the start of US combat alongside Israel. 3:56 The reported February 28th to August 22 award interval is not a 40-day calendar 4:01 span. 4:02 The August 22th citation endpoint has not been independently corroborated. 4:06 It must not become either a verified operational end date. 4:09 or proof that all the months between February and August were counted as 40 combat 4:14 days. 4:14 Hegseth characterized the mission as preventing Iran's leaders from ever getting a 4:18 nuclear weapon. 4:19 That does not establish that Iran's future nuclear capability has been permanently 4:23 eliminated. 4:24 He called families' long-wait service to a righteous and historic mission. 4:27 Hegseth attacked efforts to portray the deployment as dysfunction, low morale, or 4:32 failure. 4:32 Earlier, he had called welfare reporting completely misrepresented, while acting 4:36 Navy Secretary Hung Tsao challenged some reporting's honesty. 4:40 The subsequent disclosure requires a separate accounting of personnel welfare. 4:44 Hegseth also claimed no casualties during combat operations and no aircraft mishaps. 4:49 That combat claim does not describe the crew's entire health experience. 4:53 Suicide attempts do not themselves establish combat deaths, and an absence of combat 4:57 casualties does not erase them. 4:59 Eight attempts were disclosed across the strike group, not just aboard Lincoln. 5:03 Hung Tsao, the correct name, not Hung Kao, wrote to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand on 5:08 September 22nd. 5:10 Her office published the letter and excerpts September 24. 5:13 No service members died by suicide. 5:16 The count includes the crew, air wing, strike group, and destroyer squadron staffs 5:20 escorting destroyers and embarked aviation squadrons. 5:23 It does not identify every ship or establish that all attempts happened aboard 5:27 Lincoln, nor does it rule out repeat events involving one person. 5:31 In March, shipmates intervened in one attempt. 5:34 The sailor received immediate medical care and returned to homeport. 5:38 In early August, an air wing sailor was recovered by helicopter, treated by 5:42 Lincoln's medical department, and transferred off the ship for follow-up care. 5:46 The other six attempts were not detailed. 5:49 Their dates, locations, and subsequent clinical outcomes remain publicly unclear. 5:54 The disclosure establishes neither a medical cause for each attempt nor that 5:58 deployment length alone caused it. 6:00 The listed support included five chaplains, an embedded integrated prevention 6:04 counselor, a psychologist, a clinical social worker, three behavioral health 6:08 technicians. 6:09 And an expeditionary facility dog that establishes the resources listed, not whether 6:14 every sailor could get care when needed. 6:16 The staffing figures do not establish whether capacity was sufficient for the 6:19 population. 6:20 Support was available at the necessary time, or every request was met. 6:24 Whether anyone sought help and failed to receive it remains a central unanswered 6:28 question. 6:29 Gillibrand's October 7th response was that the sailors deserve better than a photo 6:33 op. 6:34 Their return would end the immediate separation from home. 6:37 It would not establish that recovery, treatment, or accountability is complete. 6:41 Senator Ruben Gallego requested two independent reviews on October 7th. 6:45 One asks Defense Department Inspector General Platt B. 6:48 Mooring III to investigate planning. 6:50 The two extensions reported food and basic supply shortages, resupply arrangements, 6:55 sustained fatigue, and leadership responses. 6:57 Gallego also sought scrutiny of mental health access, including whether a sailor 7:01 asked for care and did not receive it. 7:03 He asked whether policies were adequate and whether non-compliance or systemic 7:07 deficiencies warranted accountability. 7:09 These are requested investigations, not Inspector General findings. 7:13 The request was copied to Naval Inspector General, Vice Admiral M. 7:16 Wayne Bays and Sao. 7:18 In a separate letter to Acting Comptroller General Oris W. 7:21 Brown, Galago asked the Government Accountability Office to assess safe, effective 7:26 sustainment of extended deployments. 7:28 The proposed standards cover deployment duration, crew rest, port call frequency, 7:33 logistics reserves, mental health capacity, maintenance, and post-deployment 7:37 recovery. 7:38 The broader review would examine logistics, maintenance, welfare, readiness, and 7:42 retention, not merely how much firepower a strike group can deliver. 7:45 A separate dispute over Senator Chris Murphy's denied military access concerns, Al 7:50 Udad and Qatar, not a Lincoln oversight visit. 7:53 The Pentagon said support was denied in advance under Heg Seth's Regional Travel 7:56 Directive, and that the guidance was applied evenly. 7:59 The answer is that two extensions are acknowledged and eight attempts are officially 8:03 disclosed. 8:04 Whether supplies, rest, and care met the crew's needs remains unresolved. 8:08 Neither review request establishes that an investigation has opened or an agency has 8:12 accepted it. 8:13 No agency response or firm report date is confirmed. 8:16 A November 20 response deadline is not sufficiently corroborated and cannot be 8:20 presented as a promised delivery date. 8:23 Lincoln's next scheduled event remains the October 8th peer arrival at North Island.
Wie meldde wat Waar lezingen botsen Scripps News schrijft 7 okt, 19:37 UTC The deployment included 270 uninterrupted days at sea. MS NOW schrijft 8 okt, 9:00 UTC The ship stopped in Thailand, where crew members were able to set foot on land after almost seven months at sea. The Guardian schrijft 8 okt, 20:18 UTC The carrier spent 264 consecutive days at sea without a port call. BBC News schrijft 8 okt, 20:45 UTC The USS Abraham Lincoln spent a record 264 continuous days at sea. NPR schrijft 9 okt, 0:05 UTC The deployment included a record 265 uninterrupted days at sea. ABC News schrijft 9 okt, 9:59 UTC The carrier spent a record 265 consecutive days at sea without a port call. The Guardian schrijft 8 okt, 15:05 UTC The USS Abraham Lincoln was expected to return to San Diego on the day of the report after 265 uninterrupted days at sea. Scripps News schrijft 7 okt, 19:37 UTC Families said food aboard the carrier was poor quality. MS NOW schrijft 8 okt, 9:00 UTC Families of sailors told MS NOW that food was scarce aboard the ship. NPR schrijft 8 okt, 16:18 UTC Reports described shortages of food and hygiene products aboard the carrier. ABC News schrijft 8 okt, 16:56 UTC Reports during the deployment described dwindling supplies and low morale aboard the ship. The Guardian schrijft 8 okt, 20:18 UTC Relatives of sailors reported shortages of food and basic supplies aboard the carrier. Associated Press schrijft 9 okt, 9:00 UTC The reporter said there were reports of problems aboard involving meals and lack of showers. WRAL schrijft 8 okt, 7:03 UTC The crew experienced problems replenishing supplies. NPR schrijft 8 okt, 16:18 UTC Hung Cao said combat operations limited resupply opportunities and meal options were reduced from two to one for a short time. ABC News schrijft 9 okt, 10:27 UTC The report says food options aboard the carrier were reduced during the deployment, although crew members continued to receive four meals a day and the reduction was said to remain within guidelines. Punten die meer dan één medium meldde ≠ The carrier spent 264 consecutive days at sea without a port call. Tegenstrijdige lezingen · 6 media ≠ The Associated Press reported that families described deteriorating conditions aboard the ship and … Tegenstrijdige lezingen · 6 media ≠ Hung Cao said combat operations limited resupply opportunities and meal options were reduced from t… Tegenstrijdige lezingen · 3 media ✓ Hegseth announced a Presidential Unit Citation for the Lincoln and the entire strike group. Onafhankelijk bevestigd · 5 media The diversion extended the deployment for roughly 5,000 sailors and marines aboard. 5 media The reporter said fathers aboard the carrier were being airlifted out first so they could meet chil… 5 media The deployment supported the Iran war. 4 media ✓ The broadcast cited reports that eight sailors in the carrier group attempted to take their own liv… Onafhankelijk bevestigd · 3 media ✓ A 19-year-old sailor jumped overboard and was rescued. Onafhankelijk bevestigd · 3 media The sailors had been out for about 10 and a half months. 3 media The USS Abraham Lincoln supported Operation Epic Fury during an active war zone deployment involvin… 3 media The USS Abraham Lincoln left San Diego in November 2025 before being diverted to the Middle East. 3 media The Navy and the Trump administration denied the families' claims about onboard conditions. 3 media The reporter said 122 wives in the carrier strike group had babies while their husbands or partners… 3 media Hegseth said the strike group flew 23,000 combat hours. 3 media The USS Abraham Lincoln returned to its San Diego home port after 321 days at sea; the broadcast de… 2 media The USS Abraham Lincoln, carrying about 5,000 personnel, docked in San Diego after a 322-day deploy… 2 media The USS Abraham Lincoln returned to the San Diego area after a deployment at sea. 2 media The USS Abraham Lincoln returned to San Diego after an 11-month deployment. 2 media The USS Abraham Lincoln returned to San Diego after a 322-day deployment. 2 media The citation said the strike group sank 64 Iranian warships. 2 media Martinez said the carriers carried out major air operations, striking targets and destroying the Ir… 2 media Eight sailors attached to the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier group attempted suicide during the deploy… 2 media Punten die maar één medium meldde1 Alleen gemeld door The Guardian The USS Abraham Lincoln was expected to return to San Diego on the day of the report after 265 unin… Tegenstrijdige lezingen · 8 okt, 15:05 UTC Elke regel is de bewering zoals wij die uit het bericht van dat medium hebben vastgelegd. Vergeleken per 11 oktober 2026 om 05:56 UTC .
