Sailors and Marines line the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln as it deploys from San Diego on Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. - K.C. Alfred/The San Diego Union-Tribune/TNS
CORONADO, Calif. — A nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is steaming toward the western Pacific on a routine deployment and, for the first time ever, it's doing so with a female captain in charge. For the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln, which left its berth at Naval Air Station North Island on Monday morning, the deployment marks the culmination of nine months of training and work-ups. It's also the first carrier deployment for a Marine Corps F-35C fighter squadron. The carrier's deployment to the region comes amid rising hostile rhetoric between China and Taiwan. Rear Adm. Jeff...
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