- Two U.S. service members assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln were ordered back to their ship and confined to the vessel after a drunken brawl outside a bar in Pattaya, Thailand.
- Thai police responded to an early morning emergency call about the fight, which they called “minor.” The crew members were transferred to a U.S.-Thailand joint operations center before being sent back to the aircraft carrier for the remainder of their five-day port visit.
- The USS Abraham Lincoln arrived in Thailand after spending a record 286 days at sea supporting operations related to the ongoing Iran war, far exceeding its original deployment schedule that was set to end in May.
- The vessel recently garnered national headlines over reported supply shortages and severe mental health struggles among the 5,000 sailors and Marines onboard, including accounts from family members that several service members attempted to jump overboard.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pushed back against reports of poor conditions aboard the carrier last month, stating that the situation was completely misrepresented while expressing gratitude for the crew's dedication in austere conditions.
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