Welcome back, Big Abe!

Sure, the Hegseth speech quickly became a Saturday Night Live cold open, but you have to salute the crew of Carrier Strike Group Three’s USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9, who just completed 322 days deployed and earned a hard-won Presidential Unit Citation without an aircraft mishap. She steamed into San Diego on Friday looking good, thanks to a quick five-day touch-up by local yard personnel in Laem Chabang Port, Thailand, on the way home, while her crew got some much-needed Libo at Pattaya Beach. U.S. Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) returns to its home station at Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., Oct. 8, 2026, following 10 months of operations in the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Brandon Roberson) Check out the “scoreboard,” similar to those seen on WWII fleet carriers, including 10 submarines and 33 surface ships, not to mention the drones and…