- United States
- Md.
- Letter
End the USS Abraham Lincoln's Record Deployment — Bring These Sailors Home Now
Bring the sailors of the USS Abraham Lincoln home immediately. This deployment has exceeded 250 days at sea without a real port call — the longest in modern history — and it is breaking people. Sailors are being pulled back from the flight rail by fellow sailors, not by anyone in command. The Navy's response is to hide the incident count and hand out counselors nobody asked for. That is not a strategy. That is negligence dressed up in a press release.
These families deserve answers and they deserve compensation for the psychological and physical toll this administration's decisions have inflicted on their loved ones. The Pentagon won't disclose how many sailors have attempted to jump from a flight deck nearly 60 feet above the water. What the deteriorating food conditions are. That alone should trigger a congressional investigation and immediate relief orders. The American people should not be left footing the bill for this administration's flagrant disregard for the men and women it sent to sea.
Hold this administration accountable, get these sailors home, and make sure every family affected is made whole.