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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Niloy Chakrabarti

USS Abraham Lincoln Sailor's Grim Confession: 'Worst Deployment' With No Milk and Rotten Food

The carrier has now spent more than 260 days at sea without a conventional port call. (Credit: Official Navy Page/WikiMedia Commons)

A sailor aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln has described what they called the 'worst' deployment they have experienced, alleging months without milk, shortages of fresh food, and occasions when frozen meat arrived rotten.

The account, published by MeidasTouch on 13 August, comes as growing scrutiny surrounds the US Navy aircraft carrier's unusually prolonged deployment in the Middle East. The sailor's identity has been withheld, with messages reportedly shared by a family member.

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