Eight sailors attempt suicide on USS Abraham Lincoln deployment

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Eight sailors in the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group attempted suicide during a nine-month deployment.

Eight sailors in the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group attempted suicide during a record-setting deployment to the Middle East lasting more than nine months, acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao confirmed in a letter to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. The roughly 5,000-strong crew spent more than 250 consecutive days at sea with minimal port visits. Cao said the crew had adequate mental health support during the deployment. In August, military families and lawmakers had raised concerns about reported suicide attempts and other serious mental health issues aboard the vessel.

How it is being reported

• Navy admits 8 suicide attempts by Abraham Lincoln Strike Group sailorsThe U.S. Navy said that eight crew serving in the record-long deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln Strike Group tried take their own lives.UPI · 24 Sept, 13:16
• Eight sailors in USS Abraham Lincoln strike group attempted suicide during record deployment, Pentagon confirmsEight sailors in the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group attempted suicide during a nine-month deployment, acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao confirmed.New York Post · 24 Sept, 12:36
• US Navy confirms ‘eight suicide attempts’ on USS Lincoln: What we knowThe roughly 5,000-strong crew on board the Lincoln were at sea for more than nine months with only one brief port stop.Al Jazeera · 24 Sept, 11:53
• US admits there were eight suicide attempts on US aircraft carrier during record Middle East deploymentIn August, military families and lawmakers raised the alarm about reported suicide attempts and other serious mental health issues, food shortages and poor hygiene.Euronews · 24 Sept, 09:38
• Eight crew members have attempted suicide on USS Abraham Lincoln during deployment, navy official saysEight crew members on board the USS Abraham Lincoln have attempted suicide since the beginning of their extended deployment, a senior navy official has said.Sky News · 24 Sept, 03:50
• Navy admits there were 8 suicide attempts aboard the USS Lincoln during Iran war deploymentThe deployment kept sailors at sea for more than 250 consecutive days without port visits, setting a modern Navy record during months of combat operations in the Middle EastIndependent World · 24 Sept, 03:07
• Eight USS Lincoln personnel have attempted suicide, US navy confirmsHung Cao, acting US navy secretary, answered questions from US senator Kirsten Gillibrand in a letter Eight US navy personnel assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group have attempted suicide since the start of their lengthy deployment as part of the US war on Iran, Hung Cao, the acting US navy secretary, revealed in a letter to the US senator Kirsten Gillibrand on Tuesday. “Since the beginning of Lincoln’s deployment, there have been a total of eight suicide attempts across the strike group,” Cao wrote, responding on behalf of US defense secretary Pete Hegseth to Gillibrand’s…The Guardian · 24 Sept, 01:53
• Navy reports 8 suicide attempts on carrier group that faced monthslong deploymentThere have been eight suicide attempts across the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group since the beginning of its grueling monthslong deployment last year, Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao said.CBS News · 24 Sept, 01:10
• Eight US sailors in USS Abraham Lincoln strike group attempted suicide, Navy saysIn a letter to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao said the crew had adequate mental health support during the long deployment.BBC News · 24 Sept, 01:04
• Devastating mental health toll of USS Abraham Lincoln revealed as eight sailors attempted to take their own lives while deployed in Iran warThe 5,000 sailors on board for 280 days before docking in early September complained of brutal conditions during the vessel's record-setting deployment in the Middle East.Daily Mail · 24 Sept, 00:56
• 8 attempted suicides by sailors in USS Lincoln strike group during deployment, navy letter saysAccording to a letter from the acting Navy secretary, there were eight attempted suicides by sailors in the USS Lincoln strike group during the vessel's 10-month deployment. Charlie D'Agata has more.CBS News · 24 Sept, 00:44

In this story: USS Abraham Lincoln · Hung Cao · Kirsten Gillibrand · Pete Hegseth · Middle East

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