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Navy admits 'significant strain' on deployed service members
Senior Navy leaders met with the family members of sailors and Marines aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln last week, telling officers their loved ones are struggling to cope with the taxing deployment.
TL;DR
- Senior Navy leaders met with families of sailors and Marines aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln due to concerns about the taxing deployment.
- The USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group has been deployed for over eight months in the Middle East, with no publicly announced return date.
- Reports indicate that at least two sailors attempted to jump overboard, and one service member was stopped from doing so.
- A spouse reportedly received a message from her husband saying, 'he hopes he doesn’t wake up tomorrow.'
- Navy leaders acknowledged the significant strain of extended deployments on service members and their families.
- The USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group recently returned from an 11-month deployment, highlighting the toll of current Navy operations.