Nearly 5,000 troops aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln are heading home after about 300 days of deployment. Fighting intensified in the Gulf region over the weekend as the U.S. and Iran traded attacks.
WHO:USS Abraham Lincoln troops; U.S. and Iran
WHAT:Nearly 5,000 troops aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln begin heading home after nearly 300 days of deployment as U.S.-Iran fighting intensifies in the Gulf.
WHEN:Reported Sep 6, 2026 at 8:00 PM ET
WHERE:Gulf region
WHY:The troop return is linked to the end of the nearly 300-day deployment amid intensified U.S.-Iran fighting in the Gulf.
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