Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: "Abraham Lincoln" malitere ọrụ nke anọ na June 1998. Ọzọ, ụgbọ mmiri ahụ gawara Ọwara Oké Osimiri Peshia iji kwado ọrụ Southern Watch. N'oge a, ndị agha ụgbọelu "Abraham Lincoln" gbagburu ndị agha Tomahawk n'ebe abụọ. Nke mbụ bụ ụlọ ọrụ na-emepụta ọgwụ na Sudan nke a na-enyo enyo na ọ na-enyere Osama bin Laden aka n'ịmepụta ngwá agha kemịkal. Nke abụọ bụ ogige ọzụzụ ndị na-eyi ọha egwu nke Bin Laden nọ na Afghanistan. Onyeisiala Bill Clinton nyere iwu ka e mee mwakpo ndị a ụbọchị iri na atọ ka ndị na-eyi ọha egwu
gbagburu ndị nnọchi anya US na Kenya na Tanzania ma kpọọ aha ya bụ Operation Infinite Reach. E nyere "Abraham Lincoln" ihe nrite nke ndị agha agha, na "Abraham Lincoln" na-ebu agha agha nke Meritorious Unit Commendation ribbon maka nsonye ha.