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The USS Abraham Lincoln has returned to San Diego after more than 10 months away
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including a record stretch without a port call. Thousands of sailors reunited with their families
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Thursday, including dozens of new dads, meeting their babies for the very first time
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The Lincoln left San Diego last November and reached the Middle East in January
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just before the U.S. and Israel began striking Iran. The carrier spent a record 265 straight
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days at sea without a port call, and that extended deployment took a toll, with reports
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of supply shortages and mental health struggles among the crew. The USS George Washington relieved the Lincoln in August, clearing the way for its return home
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And this week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth presented the crew with the Presidential Unit
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citation, the highest honor awarded to a military unit
