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Navy Revises Carrier Resupply After Lincoln Deployment Shortages

8/28/2026

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Caudle Revises Resupply

Admiral Daryl Caudle announced the Navy is revising carrier resupply after the USS Abraham Lincoln’s deployment.
The Lincoln spent 266 days deployed, including 200 days in a combat zone and 250 days without a port visit.
Crew members reported severe sleep loss, mental strain, and shortages of soap, toothpaste, and other hygiene items.
Caudle said resupply will prioritize food, making ship-store items like Monster drinks and Starbucks coffee scarce.

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US Carrier Docks

Thailand confirmed the carrier will dock for a routine visit with no military exercises.
The U.S. embassy in Bangkok declined to comment on the planned port call.
Royal Thai Navy said three U.S. carrier-strike-group ships will also stop in eastern Thailand.
An August 3 overboard incident was investigated; the sailor was rescued unharmed after an hour at sea.

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Historical Context

The 1991 Gulf War placed USS Midway as Battle Force Zulu’s flagship, a deployment that later shaped Navy logistics thinking. Today Admiral Daryl Caudle’s effort to prioritize food for USS Abraham Lincoln, with support from the Thai Navy and the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok, reflects those lessons as the fleet seeks to keep 60 % of its ships forward-deployed in the Pacific by 2020.

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Caudle Revises Resupply

Admiral Daryl Caudle announced the Navy is revising carrier resupply after the USS Abraham Lincoln’s deployment.
The Lincoln spent 266 days deployed, including 200 days in a combat zone and 250 days without a port visit.
Crew members reported severe sleep loss, mental strain, and shortages of soap, toothpaste, and other hygiene items.
Caudle said resupply will prioritize food, making ship-store items like Monster drinks and Starbucks coffee scarce.

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