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Footage allegedly shows poor conditions aboard USS Abraham Lincoln, USS George Washington Photograph: (X)
Viral footage and sailor messages have raised concerns over poor conditions aboard USS Abraham Lincoln, including allegedly dirty bathrooms and food shortages. New images purportedly also shows similar conditions aboard the USS George Washington
Even as US Central Command has responded to the reports of poor conditions on USS Abraham Lincoln, the videos highlighting the situation keeps surfacing on internet. A new video allegedly by a sailor published in a TikTok, purportedly show the overflowing toilets aboard the aircraft carrier. Another set of images allegedly show the quality of food aboard USS George Washington. Yet another video allegedly shows dirty bathroom floor, corroded pipes and a toilet containing brownish liquid aboard USS George Washington. the US Navy has not responded on the development yet and the authenticity of the videos are not known.
In the video, the sailor describing the conditions as “atrocious.” "Y'all expect me to take a doo-doo in this, y'all? Nah," the alleged sailor can be heard saying in the footage while showing the toilets. "Come on now, right? Join the navy, all right? Join the navy," he said sarcastically. "This is what we go through on the carrier. This ain't even the worst part," he said.
In addition, text messages attributed to another sailor aboard USS George Washington describe the alleged food shortages onboard, saying that they "haven't had anything fresh but meat cause it's freezed." "The supply ship that comes here can't bring fruits and stuff cause it can't stay fresh enough with the time it gets them to get here. Sometimes it gets here rotten. The Navy does not care," the alleged sailor wrote.
Another set of images, shared by author and investigator Seth Harp, is allegedly from USS George Washington and is described as “moldy old” following the carrier's nearly six-year Refueling and Complex Overhaul.
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It was only after these videos went viral and media scrutiny began on the same that US Central Command (CENTCOM) commander Admiral Brad Cooper broke his silence on the reports. He said thar mental health issues of service members aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln are the “lowest” compared to Navy’s 11 active aircraft carriers. Acknowledging the previous reports in a way, Cooper called it “challenging and tough” for all service members, and that even he “reacts to stressors in different ways.”
“Here’s an important fact: Of the Navy’s 11 active aircraft carriers, the Lincoln currently has among the lowest number of cases related to mental health. This doesn’t mean that all is perfect," Cooper said. “I’ve long believed that mental health is another aspect of individual health and requires our attention just like physical health and spiritual health,” he continued.
How the news unfolded and how the Trump administration reacted?
This comes after recent reports about the Lincoln prompted congressional Democrats to launch inquiries into the mental and physical states of crew members along with the federal government’s response. On Aug 14, after the reports came out, the US CENTCOM attempted to call them fake. In a post on X, it said, “The Sailors and Marines of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group remain resilient and resolved after more than 260 days at sea, 10,000 aircraft flights, and 1.5 million pounds of ordnance expended. No service members aboard the aircraft carrier have died, and the one Sailor who fell overboard Aug. 3 was quickly and safely recovered. The rampant misreporting on Abraham Lincoln's historic deployment is a disservice to our men and women in uniform and their loved ones.” When the matter refused to die down with more and more sailor's kin speaking up, Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao announced that the ship was returning home. The Lincoln’s deployment, that started in January this year, was initially intended to end in May before it was extended to its current tenure.
