08/21/2026
🇺🇸 USS Abraham Lincoln is heading home — but our sailor care-package mission is not over.
The Lincoln is only one ship.
Roughly 18 major U.S. Navy warships have recently been operating in the Red Sea and Arabian Sea region, and naval operations are continuing.
The two ships connected to San Antonio-area families that we are supporting are not the Lincoln, and neither currently has a publicly announced homecoming date.
For the sailors’ and families’ protection, we are keeping the ships and individual sailors confidential.
As of today:
✅ Neither of the two ships we are supporting has a publicly announced homecoming date.
✅ Both remain part of ongoing deployed Navy operations.
✅ The Navy continues supplying ships while they are at sea.
✅ Mail and care packages can still reach deployed sailors through the military-mail system even when their ships cannot make a normal port visit.
That last point is important.
A ship being unable to regularly pull into port does not mean it receives no supplies. Navy logistics ships can transfer fuel, food, equipment, parts and mail while ships remain underway.
That is how deployed sailors can continue receiving letters and care packages.
The conditions are also not identical for every ship.
Some crews have been underway much longer than others, and we do not want to exaggerate anyone's circumstances. What we do know is that a substantial U.S. naval force remains deployed in the region even as the Lincoln begins heading home.
📦 30 of our first 50 care packages are already sponsored.
We still need 2 more sponsors to complete the original goal.
⭐ Sponsor 10 packages: $350
🌐 Donate: mycityismyhome.com
📍 VFW Post 9186 — Mon. & Fri., 9 a.m.–1 p.m.
📞 Rich Acosta: 210-802-9982
The Lincoln coming home is good news. But many sailors remain deployed, and we will continue supporting the local families who have asked for our help. 🇺🇸⚓
