U.S. News3d ago
USS George Washington Sails for the Middle East as Alarm Grows Over Conditions on the USS Lincoln
The Navy is sending relief. The Pacific-based aircraft carrier USS George Washington has begun steaming toward the Middle East, a move that would swap out the USS Abraham Lincoln after a record-setting stretch of more than 260 straight days at sea. The rotation comes as reports of supply shortages and mental health struggles aboard the Lincoln fuel demands for accountability in Congress, and as the Pentagon insists the accounts are "completely misrepresented."