# What it is like to live aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln during war

https://mins.news/en/item/24764

- BBC News, 2026-08-18 05:07 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y6z4krrx3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Reports of food shortages, broken plumbing and exhaustion aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have raised concern as the carrier serves in the US-Iran war. Military officials and some veterans dispute the severity of the accounts, while relatives fear for sailors’ mental health. Donald Trump dismissed the reports, saying the deployment was “not nearly long enough”.

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