In a post on X Monday, Cooper said that of the navy’s 11 active aircraft carriers, the Lincoln has among the lowest number of cases related to mental health.
“This doesn’t mean all is perfect,” he wrote. “Find any of the nearly 4 million Navy veterans today and they will likely tell you that service at sea for long periods isn’t for everyone. It’s uniquely challenging and tough, and every single one of us, including me, reacts to stressors in different ways.”
The Guardian on Sunday reported on families who have had loved ones deployed for months on US warships amid the Iran war and were furious with the Trump administration’s dismissal of their concerns about the pressures and conditions at issue.
“It’s a feeling of betrayal,” the sister of a Lincoln crew member said in that report. “These are frustrating, false and careless comments, and they are going to have a lot of consequences for my brother.”
