CENTCOM Visits USS Lincoln

U.S. Central Command chief Adm. Brad Cooper visited the USS Abraham Lincoln on Saturday after reports that two service members tried to jump overboard during a Middle East deployment exceeding 260 days. Cooper said the crew was tired but resilient and had low carrier mental-health rates; families and Sen. Mark Kelly cited food, sanitation, plumbing and weight-loss concerns. President Trump dismissed questions about conditions as “a CNN fake report.” The USS George Washington is heading from Japan to relieve the Lincoln, leaving the western Pacific without a carrier.