Long-Deployment Pressure: Lincoln Sailors Confront Mental-Health Strains at Sea

Sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln face a mental health crisis during a record-long at-sea deployment tied to tensions with Iran, with multiple reported attempts to jump overboard and families voicing concerns at a San Diego town hall. Lawmakers criticize conditions while Navy officials emphasize ongoing resilience resources and deny a confirmed rise in suicidality, noting only two land days since the ship left California as it remains deployed in the Middle East.