The USS Abraham Lincoln has been at sea for nearly nine months without port calls, enduring severe logistical strain due to the destruction of the U.S. Navy’s key logistics hub in Bahrain by Iran. This unprecedented deployment has led to deteriorating living conditions, food shortages, me
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