@scrippsnews: The USS Abraham Lincoln is back at its homeport of San Diego after a record-long deployment. Friends and family cheered and waved as the Nimitz-class carrier arrived, welcoming home a crew of about 5,000 sailors and Marines who spent 10 months deployed. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited the ship a day earlier and awarded the Lincoln and accompanying ships the Presidential Unit Citation. According to Hegseth, the strike group executed 3,693 combat missions.

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Thursday 08 October 2026 20:52:32 GMT