Eight USS Abraham Lincoln sailors attempted suicide during long deployment
Eight sailors attempted suicide while serving with the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group, according to the US Navy’s top civilian leader. The group spent an uninterrupted period at sea supporting the Iran war, described as a record, but no details of the incidents were supplied.
Eight sailors attempted suicide while deployed with the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group, ABC News Australia reports. The information came from the Navy’s top civilian leader. The group had spent a record-setting period continuously at sea while supporting the Iran war, according to the supplied report.
The available material does not identify the sailors, say when the attempts occurred or describe their conditions. It also does not state whether anyone died, what treatment was provided or whether any investigations followed. No explanation is given for a possible connection between the prolonged deployment and the suicide attempts.
The report provides no response from the sailors, their families or Navy personnel beyond the account attributed to the service’s senior civilian official.
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