Conditions on US aircraft carrier at sea for more than 250 days raise alarms
Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday called the reports "completely misrepresented".The carrier left San Diego in November for the South China Sea and was then sent to the Middle East ahead of the attacks on Iran in February. CBS News, the BBC's US partner, has reported that last month a sailor went overboard and was recovered safely, citing two unnamed officials. "First food, then hygiene items, then mail," the official said on Wednesday.
- ▪Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday called the reports "completely misrepresented".The carrier left San Diego in November for the South China Sea and was then sent to the Middle East ahead of the attacks on Iran in February.
- ▪CBS News, the BBC's US partner, has reported that last month a sailor went overboard and was recovered safely, citing two unnamed officials.
- ▪"First food, then hygiene items, then mail," the official said on Wednesday.
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Conditions on US aircraft carrier at sea for more than 250 days raise alarmsImage source, Getty ImagesByAna FaguyPublished13 August 2026, 17:30 BSTUpdated 9 minutes agoConcern about living conditions on a US aircraft carrier that has been deployed in the Middle East for more than 250 days is leading a US senator to demand answers from the military about the vessel and putting more pressure on the Trump administration over the Iran war.Reports suggest US military members aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln are living with food shortages and broken plumbing and that there have been suicide attempts.
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