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多名民主党议员要求作出回应，此前“亚伯拉罕·林肯”号航母上水兵的家属提出担忧，称在与伊朗的战争背景下，该舰创下部署时长纪录，舰上生活条件不断恶化，水兵心理健康状况日益糟糕。
自去年11月离开圣迭戈母港以来，这艘航母已部署超过250天。此前它被调往中东，支援美国在对伊战争中的行动，目前该部署已进入第六个月。据康涅狄格州民主党参议员理查德·布卢门撒尔透露，舰上搭载5000多名水兵和海军陆战队员，已有200多天未进行靠港休整，创下现代海军连续海上部署天数的纪录。
《星条旗报》和《海军时报》本周报道称，多名舰员试图跳海。报道援引水兵和家属的采访内容，描述了长期部署带来的影响。
周三，来自康涅狄格州的民主党议员、武装部队委员会成员布卢门撒尔致信国防部长皮特·赫格斯西和代理海军部长，表达对部署时长不断增加的“严重担忧”，并要求就航母上的生活条件作出解释。
他在信中称，舰上“广泛存在基本物资短缺、水污染、管道故障、心理健康恶化、甲板安全隐患”等问题，还存在“邮政系统中断，许多运往舰上的爱心包裹在运输途中丢失数月”的情况。
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据两家媒体报道，上周四在圣迭戈举行的市政厅会议上，约200名“林肯”号舰员家属向代理海军部长洪曹（Hung Cao）及其他高级官员表达了对心理健康和安全状况的担忧。
据《星条旗报》援引一名参会者的话报道，在市政厅会议上，一名家属含泪向官员们表示，她当天收到丈夫的消息称“他希望自己明天不要醒来”。
据审阅了会议音视频记录的MS NOW网站报道，其他担忧还包括物资短缺、食品匮乏、水污染和邮政系统中断。
据MS NOW报道，在一次会议上，海军水面部队司令约瑟夫·卡希尔副海军上将承认舰员及其家属承受着压力，他对家属们表示：“我们清楚地听到了你们的心声——这对家庭、对服役人员，以及我们维持部队健康的长期能力所带来的影响。”
美国海军在给CNN的一份声明中表示：“我们未观察到舰上自杀意念或自杀企图有所增加。我们高度重视每一名服役人员的福祉，配备了宗教、医疗和心理健康专业人员，以在出现问题时进行评估和处理。”
CNN已就相关报道和布卢门撒尔的信件联系美国国防部。
加州民主党众议员迈克·莱文周五在X平台上的一篇帖子中提及了此次市政厅会议，称家属们描述了“发霉的淋浴间、损坏的马桶、数周没有热水、每餐只有半杯米饭和两张玉米饼”。
“据一名家属称，水兵们疲惫不堪，该舰的医生警告称，必须尽快靠港，否则人们将会精神崩溃，”他写道。
《星条旗报》周二发布的报道称，该报对现役水兵和家属进行了采访，还查阅了“数十条舰员在社交媒体上的公开评论和帖子”，内容显示水兵们“正饱受疲惫和士气低落的折磨，包括自杀念头的报告，以及至少一起舰员被阻止跳海的事件”。
《海军时报》还援引一名“林肯”号舰员妻子的话报道，她的丈夫在本次部署期间曾试图跳海。
“他很害怕，”安娜贝尔·洛马告诉《海军时报》。“他担心自己会被不光荣退伍，就因为身心俱疲，他13年的军旅生涯就这么毁了。这不公平，也不对。这不是他现在应该担心的事情。”
《海军时报》还采访了另一名水兵的妻子，她表示自己的丈夫曾在另一起事件中阻止一名战友跳海。
在接受CNN采访时，撰写《海军时报》报道的记者娜塔莉·奥利维奥表示，洛马已经数周没有收到海军方面的回复，她“极其担心丈夫的实际状况”。
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奥利维奥称，洛马既要独自抚养三个年幼的孩子，还要承受配偶部署在外带来的压力，“目前无法得到任何答案或明确方向，这对她来说尤其艰难”。
马萨诸塞州民主党众议员塞思·莫尔顿是一名海军陆战队退伍军人，也是众议院武装部队委员会成员。他在接受CNN记者劳拉·科茨采访时称相关报道“令人震惊”，并表示其所在委员会将展开调查。
“遗憾的是，我并不意外。我们有一位总统、三军统帅，曾拿军人的心理健康问题开玩笑；我们的国防部长更关注睾酮检测，而非切实保障我们军人的生命安全，”他告诉CNN。
“很难对这场（对伊战争）任务抱有热情。现在没人相信这场战争，这无疑是对我们军人最沉重的打击之一，”他说。
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CNN7月进行的一项民调显示，创纪录的73%美国成年人认为唐纳德·特朗普总统没有充分关注国家最重要的问题，67%的人认为特朗普在伊朗军事行动方面的决策损害了美国利益。
曾在“林肯”号航母服役的美国海军退役上尉阿门·库尔迪安告诉CNN旗下媒体KFMB：“在部署期间，航母战斗群出现有人想跳海或自杀的情况并不罕见。”
“显然这不是每天都发生，但确实会发生。所以这次部署期间出现这种情况并不令人意外，”库尔迪安说。
布卢门撒尔在给五角大楼的信中表示，他“严重担忧航母打击群部署时长不断增加的问题”。
“如果政府打算在该地区维持长期军事行动或增强航母 presence，就必须解释将如何确保当前的作战需求不会引发未来的战备危机，”他写道，同时提及美国可能向该地区增派海军部队。
今年早些时候，“杰拉尔德·R·福特”号航母打破了越南战争以来航母最长部署纪录——此次延长部署在经历了数月紧张战斗后，对士气造成了冲击。
今年3月，该舰洗衣房发生火灾，船员耗时30小时才将火扑灭。没有水兵受伤，但约600人因火灾造成的损坏无法使用床铺。
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正如CNN当时报道的那样，据多位熟悉海军内部关于该问题讨论的消息人士透露，整个海军都面临着水兵倦怠的问题。消息人士称，从飞行员到维修人员，海军航空人员正以高比例离开部队。
家属们告诉《星条旗报》，在周四与“林肯”号舰员家属的会议上，官员们以行动保密为由，未透露航母何时返港。
“‘林肯’号上的男女军人响应号召为国服役，”布卢门撒尔在给五角大楼的信中写道。
“国防部不仅有义务在本次部署期间为他们提供充足的物资、维护和支持。”
CNN的亚历克斯·斯坦博和阿里尔·爱德华兹-莱维对本文亦有贡献。
Lawmakers demand answers about USS Abraham Lincoln conditions as reports emerge of sailors attempting to jump overboard
2026-08-13T09:33:21.107Z / https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/13/politics/uss-abraham-lincoln-conditions-extended-deployment-hnk
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Several Democratic lawmakers are calling for answers after concerns were raised by families of sailors aboard USS Abraham Lincoln about the deteriorating living conditions and worsening mental health during the ship’s record-breaking deployment amid the war with Iran.
Since the Lincoln left its home port of San Diego last November, the aircraft carrier has been deployed for more than 250 days after being redirected to the Middle East to support US operations in the war with Iran, now entering its sixth month. With more than 5,000 sailors and Marines aboard, it has not made a port call in more than 200 days, setting a modern-day record for consecutive days at sea, according to Sen. Richard Blumenthal.
News outlets Stars and Stripes and the Navy Times reported this week that there had been multiple attempts by crew members to jump overboard, citing interviews with sailors and families of those on board who described the impacts of the lengthy deployment.
On Wednesday, Blumenthal, a Democrat from Connecticut and a member of the Armed Services Committee, wrote to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the Acting Secretary of the Navy to express “serious concern” about the increasing length of deployments and demand answers about living conditions aboard the carrier.
“There have been widespread reports of shortages of basic supplies, water contamination, plumbing issues, deteriorating mental health, deck safety concerns,” aboard the ship, he 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.”
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According to both media outlets, around 200 family members of Lincoln crew members voiced concerns over mental health and safety conditions to Acting Navy Secretary 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,” Stars and Stripes reported, citing one of the attendees.
Among the other concerns raised were reports of a lack of supplies, food shortages, water contamination and mail system disruptions, according to MS NOW, which reviewed audio and video recordings of the meeting.
In one meeting, Vice Adm. Joseph Cahill, commander of Naval Surface Forces, acknowledged the strain on sailors and their families, according to MS NOW, telling families: “We hear you loud and clear (regarding) the impact this has on families, on service members and the long-term ability of us to stand, sustain our forces’ health.”
In a statement to CNN, the US Navy said, “We have not observed an increase in suicidal ideations or attempts aboard the ship. We take every service member’s well-being seriously and have religious, medical and mental health professionals available to assess and address concerns as they arise.”
CNN has reached out to the Department of Defense regarding the reports and Blumenthal’s letter.
Democratic Rep. Mike Levin of California 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 and 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.
In its report released Tuesday, Stars and Stripes said its interviews with active-duty sailors and family members, as well as “dozens of public social media comments and posts” by crew, described sailors “struggling with exhaustion and declining morale, including reports of suicidal thoughts and at least one instance where a crew member was prevented from jumping overboard.”
The Navy Times also quoted the wife of one serviceman aboard the Lincoln who said her husband had tried to jump overboard during the current deployment.
“He’s scared,” Annabelle Loma told the Navy Times. “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.”
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 and is “extremely worried and concerned about how her husband is actually doing.”
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Oliverio said Loma faces the stresses of having a spouse deployed while raising their three little children, “so not being able to have answers or direction is really challenging right now for her especially.”
Massachusetts’ Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton, a Marine veteran and member of the House Armed Services Committee, described the reports as “horrific” in an interview with CNN’s Laura Coates and said his committee would be conducting an investigation.
“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.
“It’s really hard to be excited about that mission (the war with Iran). There’s no one who believes in it right now, and that’s got to be one of the toughest tolls on our troops,” he said.
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A July CNN poll found a record-high 73% of US adults say that President Donald Trump hasn’t paid enough attention to the country’s most important problems, and 67% think Trump’s decisions about military action in Iran have hurt the US.
Armen Kurdian, a retired US Navy Captain who served aboard the Lincoln, told CNN affiliate KFMB, “It’s not uncommon that a strike group experiences somebody wanting to jump overboard or somebody wanting to commit suicide during a deployment.”
“It doesn’t happen every day obviously, but it does happen. So the fact that it’s happening during this deployment is not surprising,” Kurdian said.
In his letter to the Pentagon, Blumenthal said he had “serious concerns about the increasing length of Carrier Strike Group deployments.”
“If the Administration intends to maintain a prolonged military campaign or an elevated carrier presence in the region, it must explain how it intends to ensure today’s operational requirements do not create tomorrow’s readiness crisis,” he wrote, referencing the possibility of additional US naval forces being deployed to the region.
Earlier this year, the USS Gerald R. Ford broke the record for the longest deployment for an aircraft carrier since the Vietnam War – an extended deployment that challenged morale amid an intense few months of combat.
In March, a fire broke out in the ship’s laundry department, taking the crew 30 hours to put out. No sailors were injured, but roughly 600 lost access to their bunks due to the damage.
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As CNN reported at the time, the Navy as a whole faces issues with sailor burnout, according to multiple sources familiar with internal Navy discussions about the issue. Navy aviation personnel, from pilots to maintainers, are leaving the service at a high rate, according to those sources.
Officials at Thursday’s meetings with Lincoln crew family members would not say when the carrier would return home, citing operational security, spouses told the Stars and Stripes.
“The men and women aboard the Lincoln have answered the call to serve their country,” Blumenthal wrote in his letter to the Pentagon.
“The Department owes them not only adequate supplies, maintenance, and support during this deployment.”
CNN’s Alex Stambaugh and Ariel Edwards-Levy contributed to this report.