Families of sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln are sounding the alarm after multiple crew members reportedly tried to go overboard during an extended Middle East deployment. The disturbing incidents have intensified concerns about exhaustion, mental health and uncertainty among the roughly 5,000 sailors and Marines aboard.

Annabelle Loma said her husband attempted to jump from the Lincoln after being repeatedly overextended. Communication has been scarce since the incident, and he is now being held for medical reasons.

“He’s scared,” Loma said. “He thinks he’ll get a dishonorable discharge, and just because he was burnt out, his 13 year career is ruined, just like that. That’s not fair, that’s not right. That’s not what he should be worrying about right now.”

Loma, who lives in San Diego, initially received a call from the ship’s ombudsman. However, she said she has not heard from Navy officials in recent weeks, leaving the family with little information about her husband’s condition or future.

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The Lincoln began its deployment on Nov. 21 and has remained at sea for more than eight months while supporting American operations against Iran in the Middle East. The deployment was expected to conclude in May, but it was extended without a publicly announced return date.

In another reported incident, a sailor standing watch spotted a shipmate preparing to go overboard, according to Maria Rodriguez, the watchstander’s wife. Her husband called to the sailor, grabbed the person’s arms and pulled the individual back onto the deck as three additional sailors rushed over to help.

“He said he hadn’t felt adrenaline like that in his life, and he was just so thankful he was able to get to [the sailor] in time, to stop them from going overboard,” Rodriguez said. She did not know what happened to the sailor following the rescue.

Stars and Stripes separately reported that watchstanders prevented another crew member from jumping overboard. According to that report, the Lincoln’s crew learned of the incident through a shipwide announcement, although the Navy has not publicly provided a precise number of attempts or cases of self harm aboard the carrier.

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More than 200 family members met with acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao in San Diego last week. During a separate virtual meeting that evening, relatives raised concerns about mental health, fatigue and safety, according to recordings reviewed by MS NOW.

Vice Adm. Joseph Cahill, commander of Naval Surface Forces, acknowledged the strain facing both sailors and their loved ones. “We hear you loud and clear [regarding] the impact this has on families, on service members and the long term ability of us to stand, sustain our forces’ health,” Cahill said.

Cahill pointed to deployment resilience counselors, chaplains and Human Factors Councils that examine conditions affecting sailors. The Navy also said Lincoln commanders continuously assess psychological readiness and have access to medical professionals and other support services, but families clearly want more than bureaucratic assurances.

Shelby Sanders, whose mother serves aboard the Lincoln, said communication has been difficult throughout the deployment. “When she can email me, she’s definitely down,” Sanders said. “I think they’ve had five weeks of nonstop combat operations or something like that, so that makes it really tough to communicate consistently or even know if we’ll be able to. It sucks.”

Sanders is preparing to start her senior year of high school without knowing when her mother will return. “I don’t know how to enjoy starting my senior year when my mom isn’t here, you know?” she said. “Will she be back before homecoming? My birthday? Christmas? I have no idea, and that’s all that I think about.”

Manuel Guevara said his son, another Lincoln sailor, sounded exhausted and worried during their most recent conversation. “Us being out there keeps wars out of our country, but it sucks having your family away. It makes the homecoming that much sweeter, but the uncertainty of when that day will come starts to eat away at you,” Guevara said.

Guevara said concerns about food, laundry and basic living conditions have added to the family’s burden. “I don’t want to worry that the circumstances of this deployment will get the best of my son, and he doesn’t make it back home,” he said. “That’s an unbearable burden on my heart.”

The Navy is preparing the USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group to relieve the Lincoln, Cao told families. Officials have declined to provide a timeline because of operational security, meaning families still cannot circle a homecoming date on the calendar.

Loma, meanwhile, is caring for the couple’s three children while her husband remains on medical hold. “I’m trying to keep a happy face for our three kids,” she said. “They’re little, they miss their daddy, they just want to know mommy and daddy are okay. So I can’t just worry and break down, even though I want to, every single day.”

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