Navy reveals eight suicide attempts

Eight sailors assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group attempted suicide since the start of its deployment, Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao disclosed.

The Wall Street Journal

Eight Navy Personnel Assigned to USS Lincoln Strike Group Attempted Suicide

Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao divulged the number in response to questions from a Democratic senator.

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The Guardian

Eight USS Lincoln personnel have attempted suicide, US navy confirms

Hung 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 inquiry about the quality of life aboard the fleet. “This number includes the Lincoln crew and sailors from the carrier airwing, strike group and destroyer squadron staff, escorting destroyers and all embarked aviation squadrons. ” Continue reading. . .