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A US aircraft carrier is on its way to West Asia to relieve the USS Abraham Lincoln, whose crew has reportedly endured food shortages and gruelling conditions

FILE – The USS George Washington aircraft carrier is pictured off the coast of Argentina, May 30, 2024. Victor R. Caivano/APhide caption

The aircraft carrier USS George Washington has begun heading from the Pacific Ocean toward the Middle East, according toNavy statements and open-ports surfaced of mental health and supply issues aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln

Aug. 14 (UPI) — The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln is returning home after a lengthy, record-breaking deployment which some crew members’ families said caused their loved ones to attempt suicide, Navy officials announced Friday

President said nine months at sea ‘not nearly long enough’ even as families call for attention to mental health crisis

The Navy is sending more mental health support to the USS Abraham Lincoln as it prepares to leave the Middle East, officials said. The effort comes as the Acting Secretary of the Navy acknowledged that the service had “treated” sailors’ mental health on the aircraft carrier

The USS Abraham Lincoln has been at sea in the Middle East for months, and with no clear end in sight for the warin Iran, concerns for those aboard the aircraft carrier—and for the vessel itself—have mounted amid a series of troubling reports. 

United States President Donald Trump has dismissed concerns about conditions on board the USS Abraham Lincoln during its lengthy deployment as part of the US-Israel war with Iran

Multiple sailors have reportedly tried or prepared to go overboard as families warn that exhaustion, uncertainty and months at sea are taking a toll

A US aircraft carrier is headed to the Middle East to replace the USS Abraham Lincoln, on which thousands of sailors have reportedly faced food shortages and difficult conditions on an extended, nine-month deployment