Joshua Aviles was somewhere in the Middle East, more than 250 days into a deployment that has already made the USS Abraham Lincoln the subject of a Pentagon controversy over crew welfare, when he learned that Border Patrol agents had taken his father into custody thousands of miles away in Key West, Florida.
His wife, Argelia, described him to reporters as devoted to providing for his family and eager to see his son again once the Lincoln finally made port.
His wife told reporters he takes regular blood pressure medication, a detail relatives raised out of concern for how that would be managed in detention.
Stock's assessment, offered as a professional judgment rather than an official Pentagon position, has not been publicly disputed by DHS or the Navy, both of which have limited public comment to statements about legal process rather than policy consequences.
Vyraa has previously reported that the Lincoln's deployment-length controversy was, in the Navy's own framing, "also a Puget Sound story" well before this latest development; the sailor now at the center of a family immigration case makes that framing concrete rather than anticipatory.
Joshua Aviles is more than 250 days into a record deployment aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln when Border Patrol arrested his father in Key West. The Navy has said the carrier is likely bound for Naval Base Kitsap.