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USS Abraham Lincoln Head Home to Wash. (MILLER TIME !!!)
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| 9 April 2003
Posted on 04/09/2003 12:41:57 PM PDT by 11th_VA
EVERETT, Wash. - The Navy confirmed Wednesday that the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln has been released from duty in the Iraq (news - web sites) war and is returning to its home port here.
The carrier was relieved of duty by the USS Nimitz, spokesman Rick Huling said. No arrival date had been set, but families of crew members are expecting the ship in about a month and are planning a big welcome.
It would be the first homecoming for a large unit involved in the war in Iraq.
The Lincoln and its seven-ship battle group have been at sea nearly nine months, longer than any U.S. carrier group now on duty.
The Lincoln, with about 5,500 people on board, handles the Navy's newest fighters — the F/A-18E Super Hornets. The carrier also has older fighters and support and surveillance aircraft.
After its return, the 1,100-foot, nuclear-powered Nimitz class carrier will go to the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton for 10 months of maintenance.
The carrier, known to its crew as "Abe," had been headed home to Washington state in December after a six-month Gulf tour when it was ordered to turn around and join up with the carrier USS Constellation and its battle group in the Gulf.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Washington; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iraq; shipmovement; superhornets; ussabrahamlincoln; ussconstellation; ussnimitz
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Bravo Zulu !!!
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posted on
04/09/2003 12:41:57 PM PDT
by
11th_VA
To: 11th_VA
SO happy for them .... a well deserved rest!
To: All
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posted on
04/09/2003 12:44:28 PM PDT
by
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To: 11th_VA
Question: What do the crew of 5,500 do while the ship undergoes 10 months of maintenance?
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posted on
04/09/2003 12:46:12 PM PDT
by
John123
To: 11th_VA
Outstanding news indeed!
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posted on
04/09/2003 12:47:33 PM PDT
by
Coop
(God bless our troops!)
To: Coop
It still may have to fly some "sorties" over certain parts of Washington and California.
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posted on
04/09/2003 12:51:33 PM PDT
by
battlegearboat
(I'm almost done.)
To: John123
I don't know, but the USS Ronald Reagan joins the fleet on May 10th, I believe.
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posted on
04/09/2003 12:52:22 PM PDT
by
biggerten
(Love you, Mom.)
To: John123
What do the crew of 5,500 do while the ship undergoes 10 months of maintenance? Stand fire watches and get early liberty most everyday ...
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posted on
04/09/2003 12:53:15 PM PDT
by
11th_VA
(Let's Roll)
To: John123
Paid, Leave, Laid, Parade, Vampire Liberty!
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posted on
04/09/2003 12:53:37 PM PDT
by
battlegearboat
(I'm almost done.)
To: battlegearboat
What, no shore leave in Wonsan, Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea?
Oh. That's right. That will come later this year.
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posted on
04/09/2003 12:54:25 PM PDT
by
AmericanInTokyo
(KIM JONG IL is having another bad underwear day.)
To: John123
"Question: What do the crew of 5,500 do while the ship undergoes 10 months of maintenance?"Have sex, silly question.
To: battlegearboat
Vampire Liberty! Uhhh, I hate to ask but what does this mean?
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posted on
04/09/2003 12:56:08 PM PDT
by
John123
To: 11th_VA
I hope the two local right wing hate radio stations, (just kidding), sponsors welcome home rallies. Time to call out the fighting 570th! A local radio stations name for their anti-anti-war protesters, of which I'm a proud member.
To: bigfootbob
Brook DeWitt kisses her boyfiend, 1st Lt. Scott Cleveland of Wall Township, N.J., a member of the 108th Air Refueling Wing of the New Jersey Air National Guard, at McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., Wednesday, April 9, 2003, after he returned from overseas duty in support of operation Iraqi Freedom. Approximately 150 guard members from the outfit returned Wednesday. (AP Photo/Daniel Hulshizer)
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posted on
04/09/2003 12:59:57 PM PDT
by
11th_VA
(Let's Roll)
To: AmericanInTokyo
I have a lovely young delicate female relative who happens to be the Firing Officer on a DDG and was able to make a three minute phone call a couple of weeks ago from Pusan.
She said the whole crew was pretty sick from the high seas.
God, my heart goes out to these fine sailors!
To: John123; 2Jedismom
Question: What do the crew of 5,500 do while the ship undergoes 10 months of maintenance? This local gal would be happy to show them around!
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posted on
04/09/2003 1:01:34 PM PDT
by
HairOfTheDog
(May it be a light for you in dark places, when all other lights go out.)
To: John123; battlegearboat
Vampire libertty?
A long overnighter from sundown to sunrise?
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posted on
04/09/2003 1:01:36 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Nox aeternus en pax.)
To: John123
They are so notoriously underpaid that they go on "Vampire Liberty" ....they sell their blood to the bloodbanks.
Been there, done that.
To: biggerten
That date (May 10) has been set back I will be in Norfork when she will be turned over to the fleet.
Am awaiting for the exact date. It's been a long wait for me
and god willing I'll be there.
To: 11th_VA
Anchors aweigh!
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