Record-Long Deployments Add New Layer to Sailors’ Reenlistment Decisions

Record-long deployments add new layer to sailors’ reenlistment decisions

“Not knowing what’s happening wears me down,” said a sailor assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln who's reconsidering their reenlistment decision.

295 Days at Sea: The US Navy Is Using Expensive Nuclear Aircraft Carriers and Destroyers to Do Its Cheapest Jobs

USS Abraham Lincoln will have logged 295 days on deployment by September 12, the second-longest carrier run since the Cold War, behind USS Gerald R. Ford's 326. The Navy has 289 battle-force ships with 99 deployed. The real question is not how many ships the Navy needs, but how many missions still require the single most expensive ship in the yard.

Crisis on USS Abraham Lincoln exposes shortfalls of US military readiness

The Lincoln spent 266 days deployed, 200 of them in a combat zone

Will Trump's weird obsession break the US Navy? | If You're Listening

Sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln have spent more than 250 consecutive days at sea without a single port call - a new US ...

USS Abraham Lincoln’s record deployment highlights shortfalls of US military readiness

by Monica Duffy Toft, Tufts University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Reports from the USS Abraham Lincoln describe a crew running on almost no sleep and suffering mental strain. The Navy’s own account acknowledged that the Lincoln spent 266 days deployed, 200 of them in a combat zone. It said that meal plans were adjusted when fresh resupply was unavailable, and that its sailors and Marines had b…