Navy families criticized USS Lincoln conditions. Then a man went overboard.
The episode highlights growing concerns over the mental health and living conditions of U.S. Navy personnel aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln after an extended, portless deployment in the Middle East, while also examining the financial and political implications of President Trump’s year-lon
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