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- The USS Lincoln arrived at its San Diego homeport Thursday after an almost 11-month deployment that included combat in the Middle East.
- Massive crowds welcomed home the thousands of sailors and Marines serving on the aircraft carrier.
- The Lincoln's long deployment — and the accounts of several challenges aboard the ship — has prompted calls for congressional hearings.
“Home is the sailor, home from sea.”
Robert Louis Stevenson penned that line almost 150 years ago — but on Thursday, those words read sweet and new to thousands of sailors and Marines aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln.
After an almost 11-month deployment to the Middle East, the sea-weary aircraft carrier arrived at its homeport at San Diego’s Naval Air Station North to massive crowds of cheering, misty-eyed and flag-waving spouses, children, parents, friends and fellow troops.
The massive ship played a...
