{"id":47197,"date":"2026-08-15T19:25:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T14:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=47197"},"modified":"2026-08-15T19:25:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T14:25:53","slug":"the-hidden-cost-of-irans-drone-strikes-hit-on-logistical-hub-reportedly-helped-spark-navy-supply-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=47197","title":{"rendered":"The Hidden Cost of Iran\u2019s Drone Strikes: Hit on Logistical Hub Reportedly Helped Spark Navy Supply Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5750486\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5750486\" class=\"wp-image-5750486 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/am14.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP04122401138.jpg\" alt=\"USS Abraham Lincoln\" width=\"1024\" height=\"644\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5750486\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">File photo, Anat Givon\/AP Photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Alleged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/sailors-on-uss-abraham-lincoln-reportedly-take-desperate-measures-amid-months-long-deployment-and-poor-conditions\/\">supply problems on the USS Abraham Lincoln<\/a> can be traced back in part to the start of the Iran war, when an Iranian drone strike took out a key American logistical hub in Bahrain, according to a report.<\/p>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s assault, which came right at the start of the war in response to joint U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Tehran, destroyed a significant part of the Navy&#8217;s base in Bahrain, including a long-relied upon logistical facility,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/03\/01\/world\/middleeast\/iran-strikes-us-military-facilities.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <em>The New York Times<\/em> reported Saturday.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The loss of the convenient port has made it tough to resupply the Lincoln and its 5,000 sailors and Marines, who have now been deployed more than eight months as the war has dragged on.<\/p>\n<p>The Lincoln has been stationed in the Arabian Sea, making Bahrain a natural choice for logistical needs. Instead, the Navy has been forced to rely upon the smaller Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia, about 2,200 miles away in the Indian Ocean, an anonymous official told<em> The Times.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Families have begun speaking out and sharing text messages and concerns from those aboard, claiming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/wife-says-navy-kept-her-in-dark-after-husband-jumped-overboard-trying-to-cover-this-up\/\">desperate sailors have jumped overboard<\/a>; lacked hygiene products and fresh food and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/desperate-texts-from-uss-abraham-lincoln-sailors-reveal-theyre-served-rotten-food-navy-does-not-care\/\">even at times been served rotten meat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Navy, Secretary of War <strong>Pete Hegseth<\/strong> and President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> have denied the allegations &#8212; which former Defense Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/inexcusable-leon-panetta-says-uss-abraham-lincoln-problems-show-u-s-lack-of-readiness\/\">Leon Panetta slammed as &#8220;inexcusable.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hegseth denied reports of problems on the Lincoln this week <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/hegseth-denies-claims-of-deplorable-conditions-on-uss-abraham-lincoln-completely-misrepresented\/\">as &#8220;completely misrepresented.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hearing from the troops on the frontlines in <a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n x18oe1m7 x1sy0etr xstzfhl x972fbf x10w94by x1qhh985 x14e42zd x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 x3ct3a4 xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz notranslate _a6hd\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/CENTCOM\/\">@CENTCOM<\/a> \u2014 air, land, and sea (including the USS Abraham Lincoln),&#8221; he said<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DcCHR34D2Mc\/?img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> in an Instagram post late Friday.<\/a> &#8220;Incredible Americans on a historic mission.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Nimitz-class warship deployed from its home base in San Diego on Nov. 21 and had its deployment extended at least once.<\/p>\n<p>Under Navy tradition, a ship&#8217;s commanding officer can ask to give their crews a &#8220;beer day&#8221; for every 45 straight days at sea &#8212; meaning the Lincoln is already due five ber days, <em>The Times<\/em> noted.<\/p>\n<p>Trump declared Friday the Lincoln&#8217;s deployment was &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/trump-says-uss-abraham-lincoln-sailors-deployed-not-nearly-long-enough-as-hes-quizzed-about-poor-conditions-on-ship\/\">not nearly long enough.<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/the-hidden-cost-of-irans-drone-strikes-hit-on-logistical-hub-reportedly-helped-spark-navy-supply-problem\/\">The Hidden Cost of Iran\u2019s Drone Strikes: Hit on Logistical Hub Reportedly Helped Spark Navy Supply Problem<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\">Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>File photo, Anat Givon\/AP Photo Alleged supply problems on the USS Abraham Lincoln can be traced back in part to the start of the Iran war, when an Iranian drone strike took out a key American logistical hub in Bahrain, according to a report. 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