Navy says eight sailors in USS Abraham Lincoln group attempted suicide
Acting US Navy Secretary Hung Cao told Senator Kirsten Gillibrand that eight sailors in the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group attempted suicide. In a letter, he said the crew had adequate mental-health support during its lengthy deployment.
Eight sailors in the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group attempted suicide during a long deployment, the US Navy said, according to the BBC. Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao disclosed the figure in a letter to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. The supplied material does not identify when the attempts occurred or provide details about the sailors’ conditions.
Cao said the crew had adequate mental-health support during the deployment. The material does not describe the services available, say whether the support was expanded or provide an assessment of its effectiveness. The disclosure concerns sailors serving with the aircraft carrier strike group.
No further details about the deployment, the sailors’ outcomes or Gillibrand’s response were included in the available source material.
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