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- Eight sailors serving within the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group attempted suicide while deployed for nine months near Iran.
- The strike group remained at sea for an extended duration without making regular port calls to accommodate combat operations.
- Families of service members previously raised concerns regarding the mental health conditions and basic living amenities aboard the ship.
- The Navy is now reviewing the impact of these high-tempo operations on personnel well-being after reports of both suicide attempts and man-overboard incidents.
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Hung Cao
Acting Navy Secretary
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“Since the beginning of Lincoln’s deployment, there have been a total of eight suicide attempts across the strike group,”
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…at sea. Eight suicide attempts across carrier strike group Cao said the eight suicide attempts involved personnel across the wider Abraham Lincoln strike group rather than only sailors serving aboard the carrier. “ Since the beginning of Lincoln’s deployment, there have been a total of eight suicide attempts across the strike group, ” Cao wrote to Gillibrand in the letter dated Tuesday. “This number includes the Lincoln crew and sailors from the carrier airwing, strike group and destroyer squadron staff, escorting destroyers and all embarked…
“This number includes the Lincoln crew and sailors from the carrier airwing, strike group and destroyer squadron staff, escorting destroyers and all embarked aviation squadrons.”
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…only sailors serving aboard the carrier. “Since the beginning of Lincoln’s deployment, there have been a total of eight suicide attempts across the strike group,” Cao wrote to Gillibrand in the letter dated Tuesday. “ This number includes the Lincoln crew and sailors from the carrier airwing, strike group and destroyer squadron staff, escorting destroyers and all embarked aviation squadrons. ” The carrier strike group included between 6,000 and 7,000 sailors deployed across roughly half a dozen ships. The USS Abraham Lincoln itself remained out of port for more than six months while conducting a high tempo…
Anonymous US military official
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“Eight attempted suicides is incredibly high,”
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…suicide attempts that year among an estimated 337,000 active-duty sailors. One US military official, speaking to CNN, described eight attempts as unusually high compared with recent carrier strike group deployments. “ Eight attempted suicides is incredibly high, ” the official said, adding that recent carrier strike group deployments had recorded one or two attempts per year. “The strain of combat ops is much higher than normal deployments. No port calls, constant alerts, etc.”…
“The strain of combat ops is much higher than normal deployments. No port calls, constant alerts, etc.”
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…compared with recent carrier strike group deployments. “Eight attempted suicides is incredibly high,” the official said, adding that recent carrier strike group deployments had recorded one or two attempts per year. “ The strain of combat ops is much higher than normal deployments. No port calls, constant alerts, etc. ” Cao said the Lincoln strike group had multiple mental health and other support resources available to sailors throughout the deployment. The carrier had five chaplains and several mental health professionals to…
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Named United States · Iran · USS Abraham Lincoln · Hung Cao · Kirsten Gillibrand · United States Navy · USS George Washington
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