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Pete Hegseth: “80% of [the USS Abraham Lincoln] carrier strike group signed up to reenlist.”

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The retention rates are also at record levels people want to talk about. There was a lot of misinformation, disinformation, intentional propaganda about the USS Abraham Lincoln. But 80% of [the USS Abraham Lincoln] carrier strike group signed up to reenlist. Reenlistment rates are at highest rates in decades. Same with recruitment. So from the Air Force to the Space Force to the Navy to the army to the Marine Corps … (12:00–12:06)

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Asserts that 80% of the USS Abraham Lincoln's carrier strike group reenlisted.

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