{"id":8639,"date":"2026-08-13T10:38:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T17:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/navy-mental-health-crisis-9-month-deployment-takes-toll\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T10:38:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T17:38:34","slug":"navy-mental-health-crisis-9-month-deployment-takes-toll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/navy-mental-health-crisis-9-month-deployment-takes-toll\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy Mental Health Crisis: 9-Month Deployment Takes Toll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3Z_k-Qwy950\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The USS Abraham Lincoln&#8217;s extended 9-month deployment is taking a severe mental health toll on its sailors, with many reaching a breaking point. In this video, we explore the reasons behind the deployment&#8217;s extension, the impact on sailors&#8217; mental health, and the Navy&#8217;s response to the crisis. We discuss the challenges faced by sailors in seeking help due to concerns about career and discharge consequences (2:30), the Navy&#8217;s plans to relieve the carrier with the USS Theodore Roosevelt (4:00), and the mental health resources available at sea (6:00). Families of the sailors also share their concerns about the conditions and mental health support onboard (8:00). If you or someone you know is a service member struggling with mental health, the Veterans Crisis Line is available 24\/7 by calling or texting 988, then pressing 1. Stay informed about the latest military and national security news by subscribing to our channel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The USS Abraham Lincoln&#8217;s extended 9-month deployment is taking a severe mental health toll on its sailors, with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8640,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lisa-cabrera"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/hqdefault-143.jpg?fit=480%2C360&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}