Men's Lifestyle August 12, 2026 0 Comments

Is Trump’s Endless War Silently Crushing Our Naval Heroes—And Why Nobody’s Talking About It?

Ever wondered what it takes to keep 5,000 sailors and Marines sane during an endless stretch at sea? Imagine being stuck on the USS Abraham Lincoln for over eight months, missing birthdays, weddings, even funerals — and then throw in the stress of food shortages, dirty water, clogged toilets… yeah, it’s a nightmare on deck that’s pushing these service members to the edge. When sailors are trying to jump overboard—not once, but multiple times—that’s a loud, despairing SOS from the heart of our military. And yet, the Navy’s relief plans remain a hush-hush secret, leaving families in limbo and mental health in crisis. So how did we end up here, and more importantly, what can we do about it? Let’s dive into the harrowing reality behind the headlines. LEARN MORE

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Thank you for your service. From Military Times:

Annabelle Loma has spoken with her husband only a few times since he attempted to jump overboard from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln during his current deployment. Communication has been difficult to come by, and he is now on medical hold. Loma, who lives in San Diego, said her husband had been repeatedly overextended before he tried to jump from the carrier. “He’s scared,” Loma said. “He thinks he’ll get a dishonorable discharge, and just because he was burnt out, his 13-year career is ruined, just like that. That’s not fair, that’s not right. That’s not what he should be worrying about right now.” Loma said she initially received a call from the ship’s ombudsman after the incident but has not heard from anyone with the Navy in recent weeks.

This is inexcusable. This is what happens when you hand the military over to a half-mad old sinner and his Green Room Templar wannabe and when nobody has the common sense and/or gumption to stop them. Stop-loss abuse was bad enough during the Iraq fiasco. But this is just goddamn horrible. There must be about 3,000 ways to commit suicide aboard an aircraft carrier. Throwing yourself overboard is more of a statement.

In a separate incident aboard Lincoln, a sailor on watch saw a shipmate preparing to go overboard, and he intervened, according to the sailor’s wife, Maria Rodriguez. Rodriguez said her husband called out to the sailor before reaching the individual and grabbing their arms, pulling them onto the deck. Her husband told her the sailor had not yet gone over the side when he got there. Three other sailors heard the commotion and came running to help. Rodriguez’s husband told her about the incident several days after it happened.

It’s no wonder that some of these guys are going buggy.

Lincoln’s roughly 5,000 sailors and Marines remain on a deployment that began November 21. The carrier has been deployed for more than eight months while supporting U.S. military operations in the Middle East against Iran. The deployment, which was anticipated to end in May, has been extended with no publicly announced return date.

Separately, Stars and Stripes reported Tuesday that sailors described an incident in which watchstanders stopped a crew member from jumping overboard. Stripes reported that the crew was informed about the incident through a shipwide announcement. More than 200 family members attended a meeting in San Diego last week with acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao. During a separate virtual meeting later that evening, families raised concerns about sailors’ mental health, exhaustion and safety, according to recordings of the meeting reviewed by MS NOW.

And because the Defense Department would be better run by a family of bonobos, there’s no carrier group ready to relieve these poor people.

The Navy is preparing the USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group to relieve Lincoln, Cao told families at the San Diego meeting. Officials have not provided a timeline, however, citing operational security.

And the families of the sailors on the Lincoln are beginning to push back. From Marine Insight:

The loved ones of the personnel cited mental health issues, food shortages, dirty drinking water, clogged toilets, undelivered mail, and an unending deployment as a major cause of concern. Around 200 family members attended a meeting in San Diego with the Navy Secretary Hung Cao, where they raised these issues which the 5,000 sailors and Marines onboard the carrier are currently experiencing.

USS Lincoln has remained in West Asia for 259 days as of Friday after it left San Diego on November 21, 2025. Since then, it made only two brief port calls, one in Oman, leaving the crew at sea for 208 days. Families said that the crew missed birthdays, weddings, and even funerals of parents or close relatives due to the extended deployment, which has been made difficult due to shortages of even food and clean drinking water. There have been complaints of mold as well in bathrooms. Vice Admiral Joseph Cahill responded by saying, “We hear you loud and clear, the impact this has on families, on service members, and the long-term ability of us to stand, sustain our forces’ health.”

I will refrain from mentioning that the vessel in question is named for the president who delivered the greatest political speech in American history, which concluded with the following passage:

With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan—to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves, and with all nations.

They just don’t make Republicans like that anymore.