US sailors hit by strain of long aircraft carrier deployment

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Life aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier has become difficult during its extended ninth month deployment amid the Iran conflict, with some sailors reportedly attempting to jump overboard and shortages of supplies and sanitation issues. The carrier is set to be replaced by the USS George Washington in the Middle East soon.

Some sailors have reportedly tried throwing themselves into the sea, basic supplies can run short and sanitation is going awry: life on America's giant Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier is increasingly difficult as the Iran war drags on. The ship -- now in its ninth month of deployment -- is expected to be replaced in the Middle East by another carrier, the George Washington, in a move sure to be welcomed by the Lincoln's crew and their loved ones.