I’m a disabled combat veteran. Being disabled because of my service changes how I read stories about the men and women serving aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln.

After one of the most demanding carrier deployments in decades, the Abraham Lincoln is heading home.

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The carrier and its crew have spent more than 260 days deployed, 200 of them conducting combat operations. Sailors and their families have raised concerns about exhaustion, living conditions, and mental health. Navy leadership has disputed some descriptions of conditions aboard the ship.

I know something about what happens next. The uniform eventually comes off, but the consequences of wearing it do not.

When these sailors come home, some will carry injuries we can see. Others will carry injuries we cannot. Some conditions may not reveal themselves for years.

That’s why the stalemate in Washington over the Major Richard Star Act troubles me.

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