{"id":43629,"date":"2026-08-14T05:13:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T00:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=43629"},"modified":"2026-08-14T05:13:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T00:13:31","slug":"wife-says-navy-kept-her-in-dark-after-husband-jumped-overboard-trying-to-cover-this-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=43629","title":{"rendered":"Wife Says Navy Kept Her in Dark After Husband Jumped Overboard: \u2018Trying to Cover This Up\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5750705\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5750705\" class=\"wp-image-5750705 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/am14.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19289338236697.jpg\" alt=\"uss abraham lincoln at sea in 2019 file photo\" width=\"1024\" height=\"648\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5750705\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The USS Abraham Lincoln conducting joint exercises in the Arabian Sea in 2019. Credit: Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Brian M. Wilbur\/U.S. Navy via AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The wife of a 19-year-old sailor who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/us-navy-sailor-went-overboard-from-uss-abraham-lincoln-as-conditions-worsened-on-ship-cnn\/\">jumped overboard<\/a> from the USS Abraham Lincoln accused the Navy of keeping her in the dark about what she described as her husband\u2019s suicide attempt, according to a Thursday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ms.now\/news\/uss-abraham-lincoln\">report<\/a> from MS NOW.<\/p>\n<p>The sailor spent roughly an hour in the water after going overboard on Aug. 3 before being rescued, his wife told the outlet. But she said Navy officials did not contact her about what happened until four days later.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that it was handled very poorly because they didn\u2019t inform me and they didn\u2019t want me to know, and they\u2019re just trying to cover this up,\u201d said the woman, who was granted anonymity because of the sensitive mental health issues involved.<\/p>\n<p>She instead learned something was wrong from one of her husband\u2019s friends aboard the carrier, who initially told her that a member of his squadron had gone overboard before later identifying him as her spouse. The wife said her husband had struggled with exhaustion and homesickness during his first deployment and had sought help from both his chain of command and the ship\u2019s medical team. She alleged his concerns were repeatedly brushed aside.<\/p>\n<p>In a July 21 text obtained by MS NOW, he told her, \u201ci [sic] think the boat is finally getting to me and i really dont think i can keep up my peace act anymore,\u201d later adding, \u201ci dont even know if i can finish this deployment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Navy declined to discuss the individual sailor\u2019s medical information with MS NOW but pushed back on broader concerns about deteriorating mental health aboard the carrier, with a spokesperson telling the outlet, \u201cWe have not observed an increase in suicidal ideations aboard the ship,\u201d and adding that mental health professionals were available to sailors.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/u-s-sending-relief-to-uss-abraham-lincoln-amid-claims-of-sailors-jumping-overboard-report\/\">reported<\/a> that the Navy is moving to provide relief to the ship, which has been deployed since November and has remained at sea months beyond its originally expected May return as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/tag\/iran\/\">war with Iran<\/a> continues, though it remains unclear when that relief will arrive.<\/p>\n<p>Not to mention, a Thursday MeidasTouch <a href=\"https:\/\/meidasnews.com\/news\/rotten-meat-no-milk-troops-detail-life-aboard-the-uss-abraham-lincoln\">report<\/a> detailed troubling accounts of food shortages aboard the Lincoln, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/desperate-texts-from-uss-abraham-lincoln-sailors-reveal-theyre-served-rotten-food-navy-does-not-care\/\">messages<\/a> from one sailor who claimed the crew had gone without milk for three months and that meat sometimes arrived \u201crotten.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. <strong>Richard Blumenthal<\/strong> (D-CT) also pressed Navy leadership, including Defense Secretary <strong>Pete Hegseth<\/strong>, for answers Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blumenthal.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/2026-8-12_letter_to_sec_hegseth__cao_re_uss_lincoln.pdf\">citing<\/a> reports of supply shortages, water contamination, plumbing problems, deteriorating mental health and other poor living conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/wife-says-navy-kept-her-in-dark-after-husband-jumped-overboard-trying-to-cover-this-up\/\">Wife Says Navy Kept Her in Dark After Husband Jumped Overboard: \u2018Trying to Cover This Up\u2019<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\">Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The USS Abraham Lincoln conducting joint exercises in the Arabian Sea in 2019. 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