Families Report Food Shortages and Mental Health Concerns on USS Abraham Lincoln

Daniel Heuer / Daniel Heuer/Reuters The families of sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln are not mincing their words when it comes to who they blame for the atrocious conditions aboard the ship.

“I don’t think it’s the ship that’s the issue.

I think it’s our president, it’s our government,” one family member of a sailor told MS NOW, describing how the sailor was eating “half a cup of rice and two tortillas” a day.

Conditions aboard the aircraft carrier have reportedly deteriorated as the 5,000 sailors and Marines on board enter the ninth month of their deployment, with no end in sight to the president’s war on Iran.

Sailors aboard the carrier and their families have described deteriorating conditions, with MS NOW reporting moldy showers, food shortages, sailors running out of toothpaste, deodorant and soap, and worsening mental health issues.

“They want our support,” another family member said, describing how sailors need to have the “tools” to do their jobs, which, he went on to say, means they need “the fuel, that means the food, that means the toothpaste and the deodorant, that means all of it.” The sailors on board the Lincoln went out to sea thinking their deployment would last for seven months before they were sent to fight in the Iran war , which Donald Trump initially said would last four to six weeks but is now approaching its 24th week.

Since leaving San Diego on Nov.

21, the crew have reportedly had only two days on land, in December and July, as conditions aboard the carrier continued to deteriorate.

Family members have raised the alarm that several sailors went or attempted to go overboard in apparent suicide attempts .

One sailor who went overboard was in the water for an hour before he was rescued and eventually medically evaluated.

His wife, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to MS NOW , described her husband’s mental state just before he went overboard, as he divulged in a text message to her that the poor conditions were finally getting to him.

“I think the boat is finally getting to me and I really don’t think I can keep up my peace act anymore,” the message read.

He continued, saying, “You are right about it all not being OK.

We were supposed to leave 5th Fleet on July 15th, but then something had to come up, and my last hope of being home soon was gone.” The sailor’s wife went on to describe how, when he raised concerns about his mental health with his chain of command and the ship’s medical team, they allegedly brushed him off and yelled at him when he made mistakes on the job after being unable to obtain a prescription for his poor eyesight.