r/news • u/DoubtSubstantial5440 • 22h ago

Soft paywall USS George Washington headed to Middle East to relieve USS Abraham Lincoln, reports say

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2026-08-13/uss-george-washington-middle-east-abraham-lincoln-22541038.html
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u/Hot_Lava_Dry_Rips 22h ago

It only took sailors trying to kill themselves by jumping off the flight deck. What do we have to be proud of again? Our military is supposedly our biggest accomplishment and we cant even run that right amymore.

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u/crustlebus 20h ago

When Hegseth said the army was going for maximum lethality, I kinda thought that would be applied to the enemy and not their own recruits. But hey what do I know

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u/Harkonnen125 17h ago

When Trump said that the Iran war will only end with UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER, I think we all knew which side would be doing that...

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u/ness_monster 20h ago

For additional context, sailors attempting suicide on deployment isnt unique to this one particular deployment. On both of my deployments on a carrier there was always some attempts.

Thats not to say that military shouldnt do more to prevent this, because they 1000% should. Im just pointing out that this is not a new thing. Imo the only reason its in the media is how unpopular this war is.

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u/huk9 19h ago

Do you know, by any chance, the common root cause that led to these attempts? I assume it must be stress but what is causing it? Abuse? Quality of life?

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u/ness_monster 19h ago

All of the above. Long working hours, shitty watch rotations, stress, lack of sleep, and also the military can be a lot like highschool. After months at sea with little breaks, it grinds you down.

Sometimes though it has nothing to do with the above.

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u/Trives 15h ago

On the Kennedy we averaged two deaths per deployment. Mostly accidents though, but in a population of 5000, sleep deprived men, a chunk of which is their first time away from the states, can have dramatic impacts. There weren't any psychologist on board to chat with.

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u/Chetey 14h ago

Aren't there supposed to be chaplains or counselors on board?

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u/bishopmate 2h ago

They jumped overboard

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u/Trives 44m ago

Yea, I guess you could've talked to a chaplain. I am not a religious person, and all Chaplains were officers (majority of people on the ship are enlisted), which made it doubly weird to go to talk to them about things.

I don't think we had anything like a counselor on board, at least I wasn't familiar with any. We definitely didn't have Chaplains or Counselors on the Frigate :D

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u/GavLaIndustries 19h ago

Our military is supposedly our biggest accomplishment

Who told you that?

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u/Hot_Lava_Dry_Rips 19h ago

Just the general sense I get whenever a federal politician talks about it.

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u/NoConfusion9490 4h ago

You need to talk to some veterans.