The Lincoln, which is currently en route to its home port of San Diego, has been deployed for more than 300 days and will likely remain at sea for two more weeks before returning to the United States.
The aircraft carrier with its crew of about 5,000 sailors has spent more than 300 days at sea.
A joint Navy-Marine Corps test team executed the first lot acceptance test of sonobuoys from an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft off the coast of San Clemente Island, Calif., laying the groundwork for expanded tactical employment across the fleet.
The multi-day training event operationalized Air Expeditionary Wing 2.0 concepts across cross-functional disciplines, including field medicine, combat search and rescue, and command and control.
The guided-missile destroyer USS Stout departed Naval Station Norfolk, Va., to begin deployment operations after months of training, maintenance and certification events.
The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln steamed into Guam’s Apra Harbor, returning its crew to U.S. soil after a lengthy deployment.
Pfc. Jessica Lynch, 19, of Palestine, W. Va., is carried from a U.S. Air Force C-17 cargo to a waiting ambulance in 2003.
Lt. Gen. Daniel Tulley, commander of Air Mobility Command, joined fellow commanders and senior leaders to address service members, defense industry partners and journalists during the 2026 AFA Air, Space and Cyber Conference.
The Alaskan North American Aerospace Defense Command Region deployed F-16 Fighting Falcons from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, to Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, in support of Operation Arctic Vanguard, executing critical defense missions across the Arctic.