The Mothers Of America have raised their heads on the Carrier Lincoln "issue"

 

According to this family member from a deployed sailor on the Abe, her son “didn’t sign up to be on a boat in the middle of the ocean.”

WTF are we teaching these kids? His job is precisely that…boats in the ocean.

It’s not just a job or educational benefits, it’s a frikking… pic.twitter.com/q3u3Wn6Tbl

— Buzz Patterson (@BuzzPatterson) August 21, 2026

Ya know what I find funny? No other ship in that carrier strike group is having these issues (or reporting them). That makes me think it might be a "command thing". Haven't heard a peep from the MEU's either. A little sauce for the goose?

Notable Long Deployments

     USS Midway (1972–1973): 332 days (All-time aircraft carrier record, Vietnam War)

     USS Coral Sea (1964–1965): 329 days

     USS Gerald R. Ford (2025–2026): 326 days (Longest post-Vietnam and longest nuclear-powered carrier deployment)

     USS Nimitz (2020–2021): 321 uninterrupted days at sea during a COVID-19 pandemic sequestration deployment