sorry archive.is is not working for me today, here is the copypaste of whole NYT article
The beleaguered aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln’s work in the Middle East is complete, and the ship, along with its crew of about 5,000 sailors, began its journey home to San Diego on Thursday after nine months of deployment. Another carrier, the Japan-based George Washington, has taken the Lincoln’s place.
A U.S. official confirmed the Lincoln’s departure, which was alluded to by Adm. Brad Cooper, who heads U.S. Central Command, in an opinion essay about the Abraham Lincoln published in The Wall Street Journal on Sunday.
“Godspeed and enjoy the well-deserved reunion soon,” the admiral wrote.
The Abraham Lincoln has been deployed in the Middle East as part of American operations against Iran. Reports began surfacing in recent weeks about poor quality of life aboard the ship because of logistics challenges brought about by Iran’s destruction of a Navy base in Manama, Bahrain, that served as a vital supply hub.
The Abraham Lincoln departed San Diego on Nov. 21 of last year, and has spent the entirety of those 272 days at sea, save for a brief stop in Guam in December and one in Oman to take on supplies. Thousands of sailors aboard the ship have not had any days off to rest, and now have a roughly 13,000-mile voyage home, which could take four to five weeks.
Democratic lawmakers have cited reports of shortages of basic supplies, water contamination, plumbing issues and deteriorating mental health aboard the carrier. Admiral Cooper called many of those issues “old news” in his opinion essay.
In a social media post on Sunday, Central Command, which directs military operations in the region, wished the Lincoln “fair winds and following seas” — a traditional Navy farewell that references the age of sail. On Thursday, another post said the U.S.S. George Washington had arrived in the Middle East and begun operating under Central Command’s control on Wednesday.
The Navy is maintaining about 20 warships in the Middle East outside of the Persian Gulf: two carrier strike groups centered around the U.S.S. George H.W. Bush and the George Washington, one amphibious ready group carrying a Marine Expeditionary Unit, and several destroyers that are enforcing President Trump’s renewed blockade of Iranian ports, which has entered its 38th day.
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The beleaguered aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln’s work in the Middle East is complete
Weird, i thought the work they were supposed to do was to replace the Iranian government with US puppets and what they did instead was cause an energy crisis while killing Iranian schoolgirls, setting oil wells on fire and serving meat of questionable origin that looks like wall textures from an obscure PS2 horror game.
meat of questionable origin that looks like wall textures from an obscure PS2 horror game
🗣️🔥
Soylent Hill
The USS Lincoln is facing a fresh wave of suicide attempts upon learning they’re headed for San Diego.
The chad Abraham Lincoln: sucessfully blockades an entire continental coastline
The virgin USS Abraham Lincoln: fails to blockade a 21 mile wide geographic chokepoint
Admiral Cooper called many of those issues “old news” in his opinion essay.
You’re being alarmist about running out of food like it’s some brand new development no one knows about. Do you even follow the news? Food ran out months ago.
Navy Command: “We’ve known about these issues, we just havent been doing anything about them.”
We have fresh Lettuce, Blueberries, and Jalapeñoes once you reach the boundry of free dumb. If you’re lucky to get a “Tiger cruise” 
they may be carrying a nice surprise. 
Swine Flu 2009 PTSDlmao what a spectacular case of shitting pant and just hanging around hoping no one notices
Okay fine I’ll watch Burn After Reading again
The beleaguered aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln’s work in the Middle East is complete
lol
I would rather have it go to San Davey Jones than San Diego, but we can’t have nice things.
The 5-week return trip isn’t over yet
Can’t spell Lincoln without coln
You can’t spell Lincoln without
You can’t spell USS Abraham Lincoln without HAM, but you can set it on fire for lack of ham.
Just a reminder to the troops, it’s still not too late to cw:suicide
Omfg did they actually use that image from Burn After Reading in the article?
No, it’s just a photo of the boat
Somebody change the channel, I’ve seen this episode before
