SCOUT· 40%1h 01m·2026-08-24·Storytelling206: Somewhere in the Arabian Sea
The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln has been in the news thanks to an extra-long deployment that's taken a toll on its crew. What's life on an aircraft carrier at war really like? Back in 2002, we spent a few days on the USS John C. Stennis, which was sending bombing missions into Afghanistan. Visit…
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“I'm very happy to hear your good reporting of life on the J C Stenis in action! Blessings to all who made that happen... But life on the Abraham Lincoln is very very different. This administration has failed all parties involved. This is no…”
“Do sailors get physiologically and physcologically assesed after they return to land.”
“Hey, watch what you’re saying. This is Iran, and those waters belong to Iran. They have been called the Persian Gulf for centuries.”
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