USS Abraham Lincoln (PNA photo by Lade Kabagani) MANILA - The United States Navy has renewed its commitment to continue building a "strong military and people-to-people alliance" with the Philippines with the arrival of the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier. Capt. Amy Bauernschmidt, CVN 72 commanding officer, said the USS Abraham Lincoln's first deployment in the Philippines was during the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in Pampanga, moving nearly 45,000 people from Subic Bay Naval Station to the Port of Cebu. Of its around 3,000 sailors, about 10 percent are Filipinos. Chief Petty Officer Rommel Pasive said the mission opened an opportunity for him to visit his family and relax while visiting the sites here. Petty Officer 3rd Class Jessica Romero, 22, is excited to see her siblings and relatives again after moving to the US in 2018. "I am committed to fulfilling the ship's mission as a proud representative of the Filipino people," she s