Edition No. 56 · Mon 17 Aug 2026 · Story 22 of 43

Life aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln

CNN

The USS Abraham Lincoln has spent 260-plus days at sea on a deployment extended for the Iran war, amid reports of dire conditions aboard.

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