The USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group completed a long deployment, facing challenges including suicide attempts and food shortages, but was praised for its service.
The USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group conducted 10,000 sorties during its deployment.
Military families and lawmakers raised concerns about issues on the carrier, including suicide attempts.
The Trump administration acknowledged eight suicide attempts but stated no deaths occurred.
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US defence secretary Pete Hegseth hailed the ‘extraordinary heroism against enemy forces’ shown by service members aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. (EPA Images pic)
WASHINGTON: Defence secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday hailed the USS Abraham Lincoln's crew while visiting the ship as it returned from a lengthy, difficult Iran war deployment in which multiple service members in the carrier strike group attempted suicide.
The massive nuclear-powered warship left California in November 2025 for duty in the South China Sea and was rerouted to the Middle East before US-Israeli attacks on Iran that began in late February, staying at sea until a Thailand port call in early September.
"What the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group did, no other carrier strike group has ever done," Hegseth said in remarks to service members on the ship while it was at sea in the Pacific.
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