Eight sailors in USS Abraham Lincoln strike group attempted suicide during record deployment, Pentagon confirms

Source: New York Post

Eight sailors assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier or ships accompanying it on its nine-month deployment to the Middle East tried to commit suicide, acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao confirmed this week. In a Tuesday letter to Sen. Kirsten Gilibrand (D-NY) first reported by CNN, Cao said that one sailor “went overboard” from the Lincoln in early August and had to be rescued by helicopter.