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Editorial: Scenes from a Lost War

From La Jornada · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln described a 286-day deployment near the Persian Gulf as the worst they had experienced.
  • The 5,000 personnel aboard the carrier and its strike group faced prolonged operations with no port calls, according to reports cited by the editorial.
  • Sailors expressed concern that similarly extended deployments could become routine amid the conflict involving the United States and Iran.

After 286 days at sea, the sailors of the USS Abraham Lincoln arrived in Thailand carrying accounts of what they described as the worst deployment they had ever experienced.

Recent reports detailed the “deplorable and desperate” conditions endured by the 5,000 marines aboard the carrier and its strike group while operating near the Persian Gulf. The sailors made a stop in Thailand after remaining at sea for nearly ten months.

In comments to an MS NOW correspondent in Thailand, military personnel assigned to the ship described the current deployment in stark terms. They also voiced concern that prolonged maneuvers without port calls could become routine.

The editorial links those fears to the situation created by what it calls U.S. aggression against Iran, presenting the deployment as a scene from a war that has brought exhaustion and uncertainty to the forces involved.

the worst deployment they had ever experienced

· Military personnel aboard the USS Abraham LincolnSailors described their prolonged deployment during a stop in Thailand.
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Originally published by La Jornada in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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