USS Abraham Lincoln arrives in PH with Filipino sailors
USS Abraham Lincoln (PNA photo by Lade Kabagani) MANILA - The United States Navy has renewed its commitment to continue building a "strong military and people-to-people alliance" with the Philippines with the arrival of the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier. Capt. Amy Bauernschmidt, CVN 72 commanding officer, said the USS Abraham Lincoln's first deployment in the Philippines was during the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in Pampanga, moving nearly 45,000 people from Subic Bay Naval Station to the Port of Cebu. Of its around 3,000 sailors, about 10 percent are...
Source: philippinetimes.com