#servicemembers — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.europesays.com/conflicts/20170/ Pentagon announces first increase in Imminent Danger, Hostile Fire Pay since 2002 #AnthonyJTata #DepartmentOfDefense #HostileFirePay #ImminentDangerPay #News #Pentagon #PentagonNews #SeanParnell #ServiceMembers #TieredPay

https://www.europesays.com/iran/313783/ U.S. troops leave Iraq, but future of Iran-backed militias remains uncertain #Iran #Iraq #IraqiGovernment #IraqiSecurityForces #IraqiTroops #IslamicState #NorthernIraq #PresidentTrump #ServiceMembers

https://www.europesays.com/conflicts/13541/ 38 sailors, Marines wounded this month in Middle East #DefenseCasualtyAnalysisSystem #DefenseManpowerDataCenter #Marines #MiddleEast #MilitaryOperations #MilitaryTimes #OperationEpicFury #OverseasOperations #Pentagon #ServiceMembers #USMarines

https://www.europesays.com/3276336/ Airman Exposes Pentagon Pete’s Faith-Fueled Power Play #DefenseDepartment #Død #MRFF #pentagon #PeteHegseth #ReligiousFreedom #SecretaryOfDefense #ServiceMembers #TheUnitedStatesAirForce

https://www.europesays.com/conflicts/11394/ Airman Exposes Pentagon Pete’s Faith-Fueled Power Play #DefenseDepartment #MRFF #News #Pentagon #PentagonNews #PeteHegseth #ReligiousFreedom #ServiceMembers #TheUnitedStatesAirForce

https://www.europesays.com/people/245143/ Airman Exposes Pentagon Pete’s Faith-Fueled Power Play #DefenseDepartment #MRFF #PeteHegseth #ReligiousFreedom #ServiceMembers #TheUnitedStatesAirForce

Contributor: How many Americans have died in the Iran war? The Pentagon won’t say

The Pentagon knows how many U.S. service members have died in the Middle East since President Trump began…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #ArmySgt.AngelRampersad #breakingnews #Iran #iranwar #Pentagonofficials #PeteHegseth #PresidentTrump #publicdatabase #servicemembers #thepentagon
https://www.newsbeep.com/748193/

https://www.europesays.com/conflicts/10455/ Contributor: How many Americans have died in the Iran war? The Pentagon won’t say #ArmySgtAngelRampersad #Iran #IranWar #News #Pentagon #PentagonNews #PentagonOfficials #PeteHegseth #PresidentTrump #PublicDatabase #ServiceMembers #ThePentagon

Contributor: How many Americans have died in the Iran war? The Pentagon won’t say

The Pentagon knows how many U.S. service members have died in the Middle East since President Trump began…
#EuropeSays #Headlines #News #Europe #Europa #EU #Iran #ArmySgt.AngelRampersad #IranWar #Pentagonofficials #PeteHegseth #presidenttrump #publicdatabase #servicemembers #ThePentagon
https://www.europesays.com/iran/308768/

https://www.europesays.com/iran/308768/ Contributor: How many Americans have died in the Iran war? The Pentagon won’t say #ArmySgtAngelRampersad #Iran #IranWar #PentagonOfficials #PeteHegseth #PresidentTrump #PublicDatabase #ServiceMembers #ThePentagon

https://www.europesays.com/conflicts/10152/ Trump’s War Wounded Count Surges With No Explanation #DCAS #DefenseDepartment #DonaldTrump #NavySailors #News #Pentagon #ServiceMembers #War #WarNews

https://www.europesays.com/people/243195/ Pete Hegseth promotes mail-in voting for troops — as the Trump administration tries to restrict it #administration #DonaldTrump #PeteHegseth #ServiceMembers

Pete Hegseth faces questions over unpaid transgender troops

Seven House Democrats are demanding answers about delayed separation pay for transgender service members forced out under the…
#UnitedStates #US #USA #congressionalequalitycaucus #Død #house-armed-services #militaryservice #pentagon #petehegseth #presidenttrump #SecretaryofDefense #separationpay #servicemembers #SevenHouseDemocrats #transgendertroops
https://www.europesays.com/3271108/

https://www.europesays.com/3271108/ Pete Hegseth faces questions over unpaid transgender troops #CongressionalEqualityCaucus #Død #HouseArmedServices #MilitaryService #pentagon #PeteHegseth #PresidentTrump #SecretaryOfDefense #SeparationPay #ServiceMembers #SevenHouseDemocrats #TransgenderTroops

https://www.europesays.com/people/241677/ Pete Hegseth faces questions over unpaid transgender troops #CongressionalEqualityCaucus #HouseArmedServices #MilitaryService #PeteHegseth #PresidentTrump #SeparationPay #ServiceMembers #SevenHouseDemocrats #TransgenderTroops

https://www.europesays.com/conflicts/5959/ Eight sailors assigned to US carrier group that fought in Iran war attempted suicide, Navy secretary tells Congress #CarrierStrikeGroup #HungCao #KirstenGillibrand #ServiceMember #ServiceMembers #StrikeGroup #SuicideAttempts #TheNavy #USWarNews #USNavySailors #UsNavy #UssAbrahamLincoln

Trump accused of ‘disrespect’ as Navy admits 8 USS Lincoln suicide attempts

A U.S. Navy official revealed in a letter Tuesday that eight suicide attempts were recorded among the USS…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #DonaldTrump #hung-cao #KirstenGillibrand #Mentalhealth #MiddleEast #navysecretary #PeteHegseth #servicemembers #suicideattempts #U.S.Navy #UnitedStates #Us #USA #USSAbrahamLincoln
https://www.newsbeep.com/744016/

https://www.europesays.com/conflicts/4342/ Pete Hegseth Goes Off on X Over ‘Disgusting Lie’ After the Pentagon Is Accused of Not Disclosing the Deaths of American Troops #AmericanTroops #DefenseDepartment #Iran #IranWar #Pentagon #PeteHegseth #PresidentTrump #ServiceMembers #WashingtonPost

https://www.europesays.com/conflicts/3663/ Pentagon officially adds one more soldier death to US count from Iran war #ArmyOfficer #CombatDeath #DCAS #FollowingTheDeath #Iran #IranWar #Pentagon #PentagonNews #PeteHegseth #PresidentDonaldTrump #ServiceMembers #TheWashingtonPost

https://www.europesays.com/conflicts/3297/ Space Force wants ‘several hundred’ troops from other branches to transfer into its ranks #AirForce #EnlistedServiceMembers #InterserviceTransfer #ServiceMembers #SpaceForce #TransferProgram #USSpaceForce

https://www.europesays.com/conflicts/1427/ Influencer Brothers Jake and Logan Paul Paid a Visit to the Pentagon. People Have Questions #AdamKinzinger #DepartmentOfDefense #JakePaul #LoganPaul #MilitaryPersonnel #News #PaulBrothers #Pentagon #PentagonNews #PeteHegseth #PresidentDonaldTrump #SecretaryHegseth #SecretaryJoelValdez #ServiceMembers

https://www.europesays.com/conflicts/1376/ Fact Check: Trump called Iran war ‘small potatoes’ #DonaldTrump #Iran #IranWar #News #ServiceMembers #War #WarNews #WhiteHouse

https://www.europesays.com/conflicts/1279/ Internet In Disbelief As Logan Paul Addresses U.S. Troops At Pentagon: ‘Literally Idiocracy’ #Defense #Idiocracy #JakePaul #LoganPaul #News #PaulBrothers #Pentagon #PentagonNews #PeteHegseth #ServiceMembers #ThePentagon #UnexpectedAppearance

https://www.europesays.com/conflicts/1082/ Internet In Disbelief As Logan Paul Addresses U.S. Troops At Pentagon: ‘Literally Idiocracy’ #Defense #Idiocracy #JakePaul #LoganPaul #News #PaulBrothers #Pentagon #PentagonNews #PeteHegseth #ServiceMembers #ThePentagon #UnexpectedAppearance

Fact Check: Trump called Iran war ‘small potatoes’

Claim: U.S. President Donald Trump called the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran “small potatoes.” Rating: Context: Some…
#EuropeSays #Headlines #News #Europe #Europa #EU #Iran #DonaldTrump #IranWar #servicemembers #WhiteHouse
https://www.europesays.com/iran/301456/

https://www.europesays.com/iran/301456/ Fact Check: Trump called Iran war ‘small potatoes’ #DonaldTrump #Iran #IranWar #ServiceMembers #WhiteHouse

https://www.europesays.com/people/237292/ Pete Hegseth Goes Off on X Over ‘Disgusting Lie’ After the Pentagon Is Accused of Not Disclosing the Deaths of American Troops #DefenseDepartment #Iran #IranWar #pentagon #PeteHegseth #PresidentTrump #ServiceMembers #WashingtonPost

https://www.europesays.com/conflicts/767/ Jake and Logan Paul’s speech at Pentagon raises eyebrows #DepartmentOfDefense #DonaldTrump #JakePaul #LoganPaul #News #PaulBrothers #Pentagon #PentagonNews #SecretaryHegseth #ServiceMembers

https://www.europesays.com/conflicts/331/ Pentagon accused of playing accounting games with U.S. war fatalities #AmericanServiceMembers #AmericanTroops #DefenseDepartment #DonaldTrump #Iran #Pentagon #ServiceMembers #USWarNews #WarCasualties

https://www.europesays.com/people/234382/ Pete Hegseth Rages at WaPo Over Report That More U.S. Troops Died in Iran War Than Pentagon Disclosed: ‘DISGUSTING and FAKE’ #DISGUSTING #Iran #IranWar #MilitaryOfficials #NoahRobertson #PeteHegseth #ServiceMembers #ThePentagon #TheWashingtonPost

https://www.europesays.com/iran/298336/ Pete Hegseth Rages at WaPo Over Report That More U.S. Troops Died in Iran War Than Pentagon Disclosed: ‘DISGUSTING and FAKE’ #DISGUSTING #Iran #IranWar #MilitaryOfficials #NoahRobertson #PeteHegseth #ServiceMembers #ThePentagon #TheWashingtonPost

More troops have died in the Iran War than Trump’s administration has revealed: report

More American troops have died in the Iran War than President Donald Trump‘s administration has revealed, according to…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #Americantroops #breakingnews #DonaldTrump #governmentdatabase #Iran #servicemembers #TheIndependent #thepentagon
https://www.newsbeep.com/737110/

https://www.europesays.com/iran/297970/ More troops have died in the Iran War than Trump’s administration has revealed: report #AmericanTroops #DonaldTrump #GovernmentDatabase #Iran #ServiceMembers #TheIndependent #ThePentagon

#US base in #Kuwait destroyed 4 days ago. More #American #servicemembers have died in #MiddleEast during ongoing #Iran #war than #Pentagon has disclosed publicly, according 2 6 US officials familiar with the #DoD internal #casualty accounting data. officials said there have been @ least 22 military fatalities + civilian #contractors, more than what appears in #Pentagon public #database, known as Defense Casualty Analysis System. #war #military #battles #censorship #drones https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/09/18/more-us-troops-have-died-amid-iran-war-than-pentagon-has-disclosed-publicly/

5 of the ofcls said there have been at least 22 #military #fatalities — 4 more than what appears in the #Pentagon’s public database, known as the #Defense Casualty Analysis System, or #DCAS.

A 6th ofcl…said 23 #ServiceMembers have died since Feb 28, when the #Trump admin, in concert with #Israel, initiated the #Iran war. Not all of the undisclosed deaths are directly tied to the conflict but have involved #US personnel who were in the #MiddleEast amid ongoing hostilities, this person said.

https://www.europesays.com/people/232489/ Pentagon Reissues Hegseth Testosterone Guidance Without Female Troop Provisions #ClinicalGuidelines #PeteHegseth #SeanParnell #ServiceMembers #TestosteroneDeficiency #TestosteroneTesting #ThePentagon

CBS News published photographs showing the damage caused to buildings, vehicles, and equipment at U.S. #bases in the Middle East by #Iranian strikes. Active service members leaked the photos to CBS News because, as one said, “This is major damage to our bases that hasn’t been communicated to the American public. We’re standing there with our eyes closed getting punched in the face.”

“We’re not defending these bases,” the service member said. “We’re just watching them get destroyed.”

John Ismay of the New York Times reported on a new report from the Pentagon’s inspector general on Monday explaining that the first four months of the Iran war caused “strategic inventory shortfalls”; that Iranian strikes have destroyed “#hundreds of buildings and structures” at U.S. bases in Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates; that dozens of military aircraft have been damaged or destroyed; and that the Defense Department has limited facilities for #medical treatment in the region and has had to relocate helicopters for medical evacuations from Iraq and Kuwait.

A new report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said that the Iran war, which has taken 18 U.S. lives and #wounded more than 800 #servicemembers has also cost the U.S. about $38 billion as of August 1 and could cost as much as $2 billion a month while it goes on, and that it will continue to drive inflation.

USO Announces Celebrity Chef Carla Hall as Global Ambassador https://www.diningandcooking.com/chefs/7300/ #BestsellingAuthor #CarlaHall #CelebrityChef #CelebrityChefs #GlobalAmbassador #MilitaryCommunity #MilitaryServiceMembers #ServiceMembers #USOTour

Texas food bank gets one of its biggest one-day boosts as 150 Fort Bliss troops pack boxes https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/15107/ #FoodBank #FoodInsecurity #FortBliss #KVIA #MichaelSoyka #ServiceMembers #SortedFood #Texas #TexasFood

#Iran #war cost $38 billion through July, report says. The U.S. is expected to spend $2 billion to $3 billion per month as the war continues, according to the Congressional Budget Office. #economy #war #nationalsecurity #congress #conflict #trump #PeteHegseth #military #servicemembers #injuries #pentagon #munitions #missiles #bombs #drones #aircraft #radar #army #navy #airforce #straitOfHormuz #houthis https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/2026-09/62756-Iran.pdf #taxpayers #politics #policy

More than 750 US service members wounded since start of Iran War

More than 750 US service members wounded sinc…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #breakingnews #categorylastmonth #CNN #Conflict #DCA #defensedepartment #Iran #iranwar #iranwareffects #ldnd #mediumoutlet #Military #militaryinjuries #number #OverseasOperations #Pentagon #servicemembers #soldierswounded #start #Tehran #total #troopswounded #usdeathsiranwar #usservicemember #US-Iranwar #wednesday #Wounded
https://www.newsbeep.com/733123/

Texas food bank gets one of its biggest one-day boosts as 150 Fort Bliss troops pack boxes https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/10733/ #FoodBank #FoodInsecurity #FortBliss #KVIA #MichaelSoyka #ServiceMembers #SortedFood #Texas #TexasFood

@uk Please stop with this stupid warrior ethos crap. In the United States, we have soldiers, service members of the military, who are tasked with protecting the United States. It is the Department of Defense, so our military members are #defenders not warriors. #uspol #servicemembers

CW: Military mental health, self-harm, food shortages, extended deployment, Iran war, U.S. politics

# Trump Says Navy Families Aren’t Worried. The Families — and the Evidence — Say Otherwise

**WASHINGTON, D.C. / CIVICOHUB — August 17, 2026**

President Donald Trump was asked Friday whether families of the roughly 5,000 sailors and Marines aboard the USS *Abraham Lincoln* were worried about conditions during the carrier’s exceptionally long deployment.

Trump answered:

**“No, they’re not.”**

Asked whether the deployment had gone on too long, he replied:

**“No, no, no. Not nearly long enough.”**

The second statement is a judgment.

The first is factually testable — and the public record contradicts it.

Before Trump made that remark, military families had already raised concerns directly with senior Navy leaders about mental health, exhaustion, food, water, sanitation, laundry, mail delays and uncertainty over when the crew would return home.

## I. MORE THAN 260 DAYS DEPLOYED

The USS *Abraham Lincoln* left San Diego in November 2025 and was later redirected to the Middle East for operations connected to the war with Iran.

By mid-August, the carrier had been deployed for more than **260 days**, including more than **200 days without a normal port call**.

Around **5,000 sailors and Marines** are aboard.

Stars and Stripes reported that the crew also completed 40 days of continuous combat operations. The deployment had originally been expected to end in May.

That combination — combat operations, prolonged isolation and repeated extensions — has increased pressure on the crew and their families.

## II. THE FAMILIES WERE WORRIED — AND SAID SO DIRECTLY

Days before Trump’s statement, roughly **200 spouses and relatives** participated in meetings with senior Navy leadership.

Mental health was a major concern.

Families described exhaustion, declining morale and fears about self-harm.

Sailors separately reported at least one incident in which watch standers allegedly stopped a crew member from jumping overboard. The Navy did not directly confirm that specific account.

The Navy says counselors, chaplains and medical professionals are available and that leadership continues monitoring crew welfare.

CivicoHub therefore is **not** claiming the Navy has confirmed a shipwide suicide crisis.

But one point is indisputable:

**Families were worried, and they had said so publicly before Trump denied it.**

## III. NEW FOOD PHOTOS AND MESSAGES

Earlier reporting already documented food rationing and limited access to fresh produce.

In recent days, additional photographs and messages attributed to sailors and their families have circulated through independent reporting.

One published image showed a container of **dry cereal** accompanied by the message:

**“Haven’t had milk in 3 months.”**

Other messages described limited fresh food and claims that frozen meat sometimes arrived spoiled.

CivicoHub has **not independently authenticated the metadata, date or circumstances of every recently circulated image**, and one meal tray cannot establish what an entire crew is served every day.

But the broader food complaints are not based only on social-media posts.

Sailors and relatives independently told Stars and Stripes that the Lincoln had experienced earlier food rationing and shortages, and that fresh fruits and vegetables had been unavailable for months before a resupply stop in Oman.

## IV. SOME CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED

The available evidence does **not** justify saying 5,000 service members are currently being starved.

Stars and Stripes reports that sailors and families said several earlier logistical problems had improved.

The Oman resupply restored fresh fruit and vegetables. Earlier water shortages, laundry interruptions and some mail problems were also reported as improving.

The responsible conclusion is therefore:

**There were documented supply problems. New complaints continue to emerge. Some earlier conditions have improved.**

All three can be true at the same time.

## V. THE COMPLAINTS GO BEYOND FOOD

Senator Richard Blumenthal formally demanded answers from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Navy leadership over reports involving:

* food and water shortages
* mold and hygiene problems
* broken toilets and laundry facilities
* crew fatigue and morale
* mental-health concerns
* mail disruption and deck safety

Other Senate Democrats later joined calls for answers about conditions and the deployment timeline.

These lawmakers are political opponents of the Trump administration.

But the concerns they cited originated in reports from service members and their families.

## VI. THE PENTAGON PUSHES BACK

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said reporting on conditions had **“completely misrepresented”** the situation, while acknowledging sailors were operating in **“austere conditions with less port calls.”**

There is also evidence supporting the Navy’s position that the crew remains operationally resilient.

CENTCOM commander Admiral Brad Cooper visited the carrier and said the Lincoln had the **lowest number of reported mental-health cases among the Navy’s 11 active aircraft carriers**.

That is an important counterpoint.

It does not erase documented family concerns, earlier shortages or recent sailor accounts.

## VII. “NO, THEY’RE NOT”

Trump could have argued that conditions had improved.

He could have cited Navy leadership, Admiral Cooper or the carrier’s operational record.

Instead, when told that families were worried, he said:

**“No, they’re not.”**

But before those words were spoken:

families had met with Navy leaders;

families had contacted lawmakers;

sailors had described serious hardships;

and military journalists had documented their concerns.

Trump did not merely dispute the severity of the problem.

He denied the concern existed.

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# FACT CHECK & VERIFICATION SHEET

## CLAIM 1

**Families of USS Abraham Lincoln sailors are not worried.**

### STATUS: ❌ FALSE

About 200 spouses and family members had already raised concerns directly with senior Navy leadership before Trump’s statement.

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## CLAIM 2

**The deployment is “not nearly long enough.”**

### STATUS: ⚪ OPINION / NOT FACT-CHECKABLE

Whether the deployment should continue is a military and political judgment.

The factual context: more than **260 days deployed** and more than **200 days without a normal port call**.

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## CLAIM 3

**Reports about poor conditions are “completely misrepresented.”**

### STATUS: ⚠️ OVERBROAD / DISPUTED

Some allegations remain unverified and several earlier problems reportedly improved.

But sailors, families, military media and lawmakers have documented or raised real concerns involving food, water, sanitation, laundry, mail and mental health.

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## CLAIM 4

**Recent food photos prove sailors are currently starving.**

### STATUS: ⚠️ NOT ESTABLISHED

Recent images and messages depict sparse meals and describe supply problems.

CivicoHub cannot independently authenticate every image or establish that individual photos represent shipwide conditions.

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# THE CIVICOHUB VERDICT

This is **not** proof that every sailor aboard the USS *Abraham Lincoln* is starving or that every dramatic allegation online is accurate.

What is documented is serious enough:

**260+ days deployed.
200+ days without a normal port call.
Families confronting Navy leadership.
Earlier food, water and laundry problems.
New food complaints and images.
Mental-health concerns.
Congress demanding answers.**

And when Trump was asked whether those families were worried, he answered:

**“No, they’re not.”**

That claim is contradicted by the documented record.

Service members deserve neither sensationalism nor denial.

They deserve scrutiny, transparency and facts.

# SOURCES

Reuters — Aug. 14, 2026
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-uss-abraham-lincoln-deployment-not-nearly-long-enough-2026-08-14/

Reuters — Aug. 13, 2026
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/hegseth-says-reports-about-poor-conditions-aboard-carrier-are-misrepresented-2026-08-13/

Reuters — Aug. 16, 2026
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/admiral-praises-uss-lincoln-crew-amid-reports-worsening-conditions-during-long-2026-08-16/

Stars and Stripes — Aug. 11, 2026
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2026-08-11/abraham-lincoln-middle-east-mental-health-town-hall-meeting-22506344.html

Recent reporting on food photos/messages
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/uss-abraham-lincoln-sailor-texts-b3032651.html

#CivicoHub #USSAbrahamLincoln #USNavy #ServiceMembers #MilitaryFamilies #DonaldTrump #FactCheck #MilitaryMentalHealth #Accountability #IndependentJournalism #Fediverse #news

**CIVICOHUB — LISTEN TO THOSE WHO SERVE. VERIFY THOSE IN POWER.**

Army members can now purchase alcohol at Fort Hood’s new dining hall

(NewsNation) — American service members stationed at Fort Hood now have the opportunity to throw back a drink or two. The military base’s new dining hall now offers beer and …
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Dining #alcoholconsumption #Americanservicemembers #FortHood #IIICorps #JosephPayton #KevinAdmiral #servicemembers
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2773871/army-members-can-now-purchase-alcohol-at-fort-hoods-new-dining-hall/

Army members can now purchase alcohol at Fort Hood’s new dining hall https://www.diningandcooking.com/2773871/army-members-can-now-purchase-alcohol-at-fort-hoods-new-dining-hall/ #AlcoholConsumption #AmericanServiceMembers #dining #FortHood #IIICorps #JosephPayton #KevinAdmiral #ServiceMembers

#Trump truly is a #sociopath

Trump says USS Lincoln’s deployment was ‘not nearly long enough’

Trump on Friday dismissed claims that families of #ServiceMembers aboard the #USSAbrahamLincoln have concerns about conditions aboard the aircraft carrier, which has been deployed for nearly 9 months supporting #TrumpsWar in #Iran.

Instead, Trump claimed the ship’s lengthy deployment had in fact not been long enough.

#US #military #SuckersAndLosers #CommanderInChief
https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/14/politics/trump-uss-abraham-lincoln-deployment

Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA), a Marine veteran & member of the House #ArmedServices Committee, described the reports as “horrific”….

“Sadly I’m not surprised. We have a president, a Commander-in-Chief, who’s made fun of troops for mental health issues. We have a secretary of defense who’s more focused on testosterone tests than actually keeping our troops alive,” he told CNN.

#US #military #Navy #USSAbrahamLincoln #ServiceMembers #Hegseth #Trump #SuckersAndLosers #MentalHealth

The Navy Times also spoke to the wife of another sailor who told her he had prevented a fellow sailor from jumping overboard in a separate incident.

In an interview with CNN, the journalist who wrote the Navy Times’ report, Natalie Oliverio, said Loma had not heard from #Navy representatives in weeks & is “extremely worried & concerned about how her husband is actually doing.”

#US #military #USSAbrahamLincoln #ServiceMembers #Hegseth #Trump #SuckersAndLosers #MentalHealth

In its report released Tuesday, Stars & Stripes said its interviews with active-duty sailors & family members, as well as “dozens of public social media comments & posts” by crew, described sailors “struggling with exhaustion & declining morale, including reports of suicidal thoughts & at least one instance where a crew member was prevented from jumping overboard.”

#US #military #Navy #USSAbrahamLincoln #ServiceMembers #Hegseth #Trump #SuckersAndLosers #MentalHealth

…Rep. Mike Levin (D-CA) referenced the meeting in a post on X Friday, saying families described “moldy showers, broken toilets, no hot water for weeks, meals that came down to half a cup of rice & two tortillas.”‼️

“Sailors so worn down that, according to one family member, the ship’s own doctor warned they need to reach port soon or people are going to start losing their minds,” he wrote.

#US #military #Navy #USSAbrahamLincoln #ServiceMembers #Hegseth #Trump #SuckersAndLosers #MentalHealth

According to both media outlets, around 200 family members of the #USSAbrahamLincoln crew members voiced concerns over #MentalHealth & #safety conditions to Acting #Navy Secy Hung Cao and other senior officials during town hall meetings last Thursday in San Diego.

During the town hall, a spouse tearfully told officials that she received a message that same day from her husband saying “he hopes he doesn’t wake up tomorrow.”…

#US #military #ServiceMembers #Hegseth #Trump #SuckersAndLosers

“There have been widespread reports of shortages of basic supplies, water contamination, plumbing issues, deteriorating mental health, deck safety concerns,” aboard the ship, Blumenthal said in the letter, as well as “disruptions in the mail system, which have caused many care packages in route to the ship to be lost in transit for months.”

#US #military #Navy #ServiceMembers #Hegseth #Trump #SuckersAndLosers #MentalHealth

On Wednesday, Blumenthal, a member of the #ArmedServices Cmte, wrote to #Defense Secretary Pete #Hegseth & the Acting Secretary of the #Navy to express “serious concern” about the increasing length of deployments & demand answers about #LivingConditions aboard the carrier.

#US #military #ServiceMembers #Trump #SuckersAndLosers #MentalHealth

News outlets Stars & Stripes & the Navy Times reported this week that there had been multiple attempts by crew members to jump overboard, citing interviews with sailors & families of those on board who described the impacts of the lengthy deployment.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2026-08-11/abraham-lincoln-middle-east-mental-health-town-hall-meeting-22506344.html

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/08/11/multiple-uss-abraham-lincoln-sailors-have-tried-to-go-overboard-amid-extended-deployment-families-say/

#US #military #Navy #ServiceMembers #Hegseth #Trump #SuckersAndLosers #MentalHealth

After a hometown soldier’s death, a Texas suburb wrestles with Trump’s Iran war

CARROLLTON, Texas – The “Wall of Honor” is just inside the entrance to American Legion Post 597 in…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #AmericanLegion #AmericanLegionauxiliary #army #breakingnews #carrollton #Dallassuburb #DonaldTrump #Iran #iranwar #IsabellaGonzales #MuwaffaqSaltiAirBase #servicemembers #Texas #Trumpsupporters
https://www.newsbeep.com/661545/

Trump claims fallen soldiers said ‘we cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon’

President Donald Trump traveled to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Wednesday to attend a dignified transfer…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #AirForceOne #breakingnews #Delaware #dignified-transfer #DonaldTrump #Dover #dover-air-force-base #Iran #iranwar #servicemembers #transfercase #TylerFeehan #tyler-james-feehan
https://www.newsbeep.com/657070/

US soldiers killed by Iran were from Texas and Hawaii, military says

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two U.S. Army soldiers killed in Jordan while defending against Iranian ba…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #10thArmyAirandMissileDefenseCommand #breakingnews #CombatActionBadge #defensedepartment #droneattacks #HebronHighSchool #Iran #IsabellaGonzales #LewisvilleIndependentSchoolDistrict #PresidentDonaldTrump #servicemembers #SouthernUtahUniversity #tyler-james-feehan #U.S.Army
https://www.newsbeep.com/654032/

US soldiers killed by Iran were from Texas and Hawaii, military says

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two U.S. Army soldiers killed in Jordan while defending against Iranian ballistic missile and drone…
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US launches new airstrikes on Iran after 2 U.S. soldiers killed

The United States launched a new round of airstrikes against Iran on July 18, escalating an already widening…
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