Iran targets tankers in 'unprovoked attacks' in Strait of Hormuz — live blog, Aug. 14 entries

Live-blog entry, posted by staff: "USS Abraham Lincoln is 'being replaced with another very similar ship,' Trump says." President Donald Trump said Friday that the USS Abraham Lincoln, which has been deployed for more than 260 days and has supported Operation Epic Fury, is "being replaced with another very similar ship." "That ship is moving right now or very shortly, and it's being replaced with another very similar ship," the president said. Trump added that the deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln has gone on "not nearly long enough." "We make sure every ship, every crew, every captain has everything we can provide them at every single moment," Hegseth told reporters during a visit to Panama. "Some deployments are longer than others, and I have more respect and gratitude for those sailors than anybody."

Live-blog entry, posted by Jasmine Baehr, August 14: "Pentagon spokesman cites 485-day Afghanistan combat tour to blast USS Lincoln 'false narrative'." Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell blasted media coverage of the USS Abraham Lincoln on Friday, accusing outlets of twisting the hardships of an extended combat deployment into a "false narrative." "I deployed for 485 days in Afghanistan with an 80 percent-plus casualty rate. We came under fire nearly every day," Parnell wrote on X. "That is simply the truth. We endured it." Parnell said sailors aboard the Lincoln have faced genuine challenges but argued those difficulties, along with the strain on military families, are being exploited for headlines. "The media treatment of the USS Abraham Lincoln is something different," he wrote. "That is shameful." Parnell said the carrier's sailors remain "resilient, focused on the mission, and proud of their service on this historic deployment," sharing a statement from Navy Secretary Hung Cao announcing the Lincoln will soon return home as part of a planned rotation.