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Seven Navy Sailors Killed in Knife Fight Aboard USS Abraham Lincoln

8/13/2026

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Seven U.S. Navy personnel were killed and several wounded in a knife fight on the carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Indian Ocean.
An adviser to U.S. Central Command commander Brad Cooper boarded the ship and was booed as water bottles were thrown.
Crew complained of half-cup rice portions, two pieces of meat, a two-week laundry shutdown and mold-related fungal infections.
The fight involved knives and other bladed weapons.

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Seven U.S. Navy personnel were killed and several wounded in a knife fight on the carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Indian Ocean.
An adviser to U.S. Central Command commander Brad Cooper boarded the ship and was booed as water bottles were thrown.
Crew complained of half-cup rice portions, two pieces of meat, a two-week laundry shutdown and mold-related fungal infections.
The fight involved knives and other bladed weapons.