Navy admits 'significant strain' on deployed service members

Senior Navy leaders met with the family members of sailors and Marines aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln last week, telling officers their loved ones are struggling to cope with the taxing deployment.

Last Thursday, acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao, Naval Air Forces Commander Vice Adm. Douglas Verissimo, and Naval Surface Forces Commander Vice Adm. Joseph Cahill, met with families of sailors and Marines assigned to the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group to “hear their concerns directly, answer questions, and provide updates on the deployment,” a Navy official told the Washington Examiner.