USS Abraham Lincoln’s Record Deployment Has a Human Cost

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The USS Abraham Lincoln is finally heading home after a 300-plus-day deployment and months of combat operations, as new disclosures highlight the human cost of prolonged deployments.

The USS Abraham Lincoln is nearing home after a 300-plus-day deployment that took the carrier from the Pacific to the Middle East during the U.S. war with Iran. With the mission repeatedly extended, sailors spent months away from home and endured an unusually long operational tempo. The Navy has now disclosed eight suicide attempts involving personnel assigned to the carrier strike group, raising renewed questions about the human cost of prolonged deployments.

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USS Abraham Lincoln’s Record Deployment Has a Human Cost

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