{"id":334962,"date":"2026-08-17T00:37:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T00:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/political\/top-u-s-commander-acknowledges-mental-health-issues-on-uss-lincoln.html"},"modified":"2026-08-17T00:37:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T00:37:06","slug":"top-u-s-commander-acknowledges-mental-health-issues-on-uss-lincoln","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/political\/top-u-s-commander-acknowledges-mental-health-issues-on-uss-lincoln.html","title":{"rendered":"Top U.S. commander acknowledges mental health issues on USS Lincoln"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cooper, the top U.S. commander in the war with Iran, said his visit to the ship was &#8220;awe-inspiring&#8221; and lauded the crew for &#8220;stepping up and making mental health and crew resilience a leadership priority.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>President <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Donald Trump<\/a> and Defense Secretary <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Pete Hegseth<\/a>, however, have sought to downplay reports of deteriorating morale aboard the Lincoln. <\/p>\n<p>Asked <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">by a reporter<\/a> on Friday whether the Lincoln&#8217;s deployment has gone on too long, Trump said, &#8220;No, no, no&#8221; and added, &#8220;not nearly long enough.&#8221; The president also said that the Lincoln would soon be replaced in the region by a different carrier. <\/p>\n<p>Hegseth said that reports are &#8220;<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">completely misrepresented<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The USS George Washington is now headed toward the Middle East and is expected to take the place of the Lincoln, <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">MS Now reported<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers, meanwhile, have questioned and criticized the Pentagon over conditions aboard the Lincoln. <\/p>\n<p>Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., who serves on the Senate Armed Services and Intelligence Committees, said in a statement on Saturday that there &#8220;must be accountability for the reported deteriorating conditions endured by our service members serving in a reckless war started with no justification, no strategy, and no end in sight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I demand hearings, accountability, and a clear plan to protect our service members and prioritize American families,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Article source: https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/08\/16\/top-us-commander-acknowledges-mental-health-issues-on-uss-lincoln.html<\/a>\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cooper, the top U.S. commander in the war with Iran, said his visit to the ship was &#8220;awe-inspiring&#8221; and lauded the crew for &#8220;stepping up and making mental health and crew resilience a leadership priority.&#8221; President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, however, have sought to downplay reports of deteriorating morale aboard the Lincoln. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[84],"class_list":["post-334962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-political","tag-political"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334962\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}