USS Abraham Lincoln sailors tried to jump overboard amid extended deployment – reports

Aircraft carrier’s crew in ninth month at sea and has spent record 250 days consecutively without making land Military families and Congress members are sounding the alarm about an intensifying mental health crisis onboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, as its 5,000 sailors and marines endure a record-breaking deployment at sea tied to the war with Iran. Two leading specialist military papers, the Navy Times and the Stars and Stripes, are reporting that there have been multiple attempts by sailors ...

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Mental Health Crisis Aboard USS Abraham Lincoln—As U.S. Sailors Mark More Than 260 Days At Sea

The USS Abraham Lincoln is supporting military operations in the Middle East against Iran.

By Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes Staff

USS Abraham Lincoln conditions under scrutiny after reports sailors attempted to jump overboard

The carrier has currently spent nearly 250 days consecutively at sea without making land since its departure from San Diego in November 2025.

US senators demand inquiry into conditions aboard aircraft carrier deployed in Middle East

Congressional Democrats demanded answers on Wednesday about conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, following reports of food shortages, broken plumbing and mental health crises during the aircraft carrier’s record-setting deployment. In a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Wednesday, Senator Richard Blumenthal called for the Navy to account for conditions aboard the aircraft carrier, which “has been deployed more than 250 days” without coming ashore “in over 200 days, setting a reco...

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USS Abraham Lincoln crew pushed to breaking point after 9 months at sea: Sailors try to jump overboard

Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao has told anxious relatives that USS Theodore Roosevelt will eventually take over from the Lincoln, though officials still cannot publicly say when the exhausted, under-supplied crew will finally head home The post USS Abraham Lincoln crew pushed to breaking point after 9 months at sea: Sailors try to jump overboard appeared first on ProtoThema English.

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