A top U.S. commander defended the conditions aboard the USS Lincoln amid disturbing reports. MS NOW Pentagon Reporter Priya Sridhar has more details on her conversations with the families of sailors. Former CIA Director John Brennan and former Rep. Max Rose join Alicia Menendez to discuss.
In her exclusive interview with the wife of a sailor who jumped off the USS Abraham Lincoln last week, Priya Sridhar learned that the sailor’s prescription contact lenses had expired and that he was having trouble seeing as he worked on helicopters on the flight deck. “Every single time he would make a mistake, they would yell at him, and he would get into a lot of trouble,” his wife told Priya. “He would explain to them that he can’t see because his prescription was expired, but they still allowed him to work.”
AI:The wife of a sailor who jumped overboard from the USS Abraham Lincoln revealed that her husband suffered from compromised vision due to expired prescription contact lenses while performing high-stakes maintenance on helicopters. Despite his repeated warnings to superiors regarding his inability to see clearly on the flight deck, he was allegedly met with disciplinary action and reprimands for errors caused by his impaired sight rather than receiving necessary medical accommodations or corrective gear. This incident highlights a pattern of systemic negligence and command failure aboard the vessel, where sailors have reportedly faced extreme mental health crises and unsafe working conditions amidst extended deployments related to the…Open
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