Families of US sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier have condemned President Donald Trump and War Secretary Pete Hegseth’s dismissal of the conditions faced by the ship’s crew members during its extended deployment, according to The Guardian.
The Guardian has spoken to three naval families — who wished to remain anonymous — who have been following the physical and mental stresses bearing down on their relatives with mounting alarm.
“They spoke of insufficient nourishment that has led to close relatives losing 20-30lbs in weight since they were sent to the Middle East five months ago, leaving one sailor ‘emaciated’, according to his mother,” the British newspaper reports.
The families have also spoken about low-quality drinking water and scarce mental health counselling and support “despite the intense burden of being at sea for months on end without making land”.
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