CENTCOM Chief Visits USS Lincoln During Middle East Trip, Praises Crew
CENTCOM said multiple media outlets had published false reports about the Lincoln.
TL;DR
- Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of U.S. Central Command, visited the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea.
- The visit was part of a 10-day trip through the Middle East that ended on Aug. 15.
- Cooper praised the crew's performance during a deployment that began in November 2025.
- He described the deployment as 'one of the most operationally intense and consequential of the modern era.'
- The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group has conducted thousands of combat flights in support of Operation Epic Fury, regional security missions, and the naval blockade against Iran.