Conflict & Security
USS Lincoln crew logged 8 suicide attempts during Iran deployment
September 24, 2026 at 04:56 AM
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2 reports · 1 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 2 hours
Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao reported eight suicide attempts among the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group during its extended deployment against Iran.
- Cao disclosed the attempts in a letter to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, covering the crew, airwing, strike group, destroyer squadron, and embarked aviation squadrons.
- The carrier spent 286 days at sea and disembarked in Thailand on 1 September after its deployment was extended from May amid the Iran war.
- One sailor went overboard in August and was rescued and transferred off-ship; a March overboard attempt was thwarted by shipmates.
- Gillibrand said the Trump administration dismissed the conditions, while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called the media coverage "completely misrepresented."