SAILORS FIRST SUNDAY: Welcome home, USS Abraham Lincoln! 📷 USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) returned to its homeport of San Diego following 10 months of operations in the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of operations on Oct. 8. After arriving in the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) area of responsibility (AOR) in late January, the carrier and its strike group, Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 3, spearheaded the U.S. Navy’s involvement in Operation Epic Fury, taking the lead role on the southern Iranian coast as Commander, Task Force (CTF) 50. CSG-3, with Abraham Lincoln at its center, supported 40 days of major combat operations, involving nearly 4,000 combat sorties from CVW-9. Thank you to EVERY Sailor who served with the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group for your dedicated service.