USS Abraham Lincoln to dock in Thailand next week
The US Navy aircraft carrier the USS Abraham Lincoln will dock in Thailand next week, following a prolonged deployment in the Middle East during the Iran war, a Thai official said on Tuesday. The Lincoln, which left the Middle East on Saturday, has not made a port call in more than 200 days, setting a modern-day record for consecutive days at sea, according to Democrats, amid reports of concerns about mental health and deteriorating conditions aboard. The ship, which has roughly 5,000 sailors and marines aboard, will be in Thailand for “rest and recreation after their long sea journey,” the official said, asking not to be named. A Thai Navy spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment. In an interview last week, the wife of a sailor onboard the USS Lincoln told the Guardian as the deployment has stretched on and on, she has noticed a change in her husband’s messages. “There’s less hope in the way he talks and less positive things that he has to say,” she said. “He’s just exhausted,” she added. “It’s a long, long deployment and it takes a toll.” Reports from families of crew members in the Navy Times and Stars and Stripes military newspapers described food and water shortages, disrupted mail services, plumbing problems, low morale and worsening mental health, prompting Democratic lawmakers to demand answers from the Pentagon. Share Updated at 06.38 EDT Key eventsUS military transport plane lands in Moscow
The Kremlin said it had no information on a US military transport plane that landed at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport earlier today, data from the flight tracking service Flightradar24 showed. The large Boeing Globemaster had flown direct from Riga, in Latvia, and landed in Moscow at around 7am GMT, Reuters reports. The news agency was unable to verify whether it carried any cargo or passengers. The aircraft had arrived in Riga on 23 August from the US Camp Springs airbase near Washington DC, data from Flightradar24 showed. The last direct flight of a US registered jet to Russia from Europe took place in January this year, carrying special envoys Steven Witkoff and Jared Kushner for peace talks with Vladimir Putin on Ukraine. The Kremlin said last week that there was no information yet on another visit to Moscow by Kushner and Witkoff as talks between the US and Russia on Ukraine have largely stalled amid the war in Iran. Share Updated at 07.12 EDT Despite reports over poor conditions on board the US Navy aircraft carrier the USS Abraham Lincoln-which will dock in Thailand next week following over 200 consecutive days of deployment-Donald Trump claimed that the ship was “beautifully maintained.” Earlier this month, the president berated Kristen Holmes, a CNN reporter insisting that she “be quiet” while describing reports of poor conditions onboard as fake news. “The Lincoln has been out there for quite some time-a good period of time-but over years we’ve had them out there much longer,” Trump mentioned while recalling an exchange with an unnamed veteran. “He happened to be an admiral-retired. He said ‘I’ve been on ships that are out there much longer than that sir. And I know people on the Lincoln; they say it’s beautifully maintained and beautifully taken care of.’ And other people went out there too and found out that was true,” Trump stated. ShareUSS Abraham Lincoln to dock in Thailand next week
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