USS Abraham Lincoln Suicide Attempts and Overboard Sailors

• 0:39Multiple US soldiers on the USS Abraham Lincoln have attempted to jump overboard due to overextended deployment.
• 1:12Tim questions what the military thinks jumping overboard accomplishes and whether these are suicide attempts.
• 1:49A 19-year-old sailor's wife accused the Navy of keeping her in the dark about her husband's suicide attempt after he spent an hour in the water.
• 2:27The wife learned her husband had gone overboard from one of his friends, not from Navy officials, who waited four days to contact her.
• 2:58Tim breaks down the absurdity of someone casually mentioning that a squadron member jumped overboard without initially knowing who it was.
• 3:20Tim argues people need to stop rescuing everyone from suicide attempts and let it happen, while disclaiming any actual endorsement of the position.
• 4:20He questions why the sailor is surprised by military deployments when he voluntarily joined the military.
• 4:40Tim points out the sailor knew the military goes around the world killing people, not hugging them.
• 5:01The Navy claims they have not observed an increase in suicidal ideations aboard the ship.
• 5:37Tim dismisses the incident as isolated and argues everything is fine aboard the ship and that we're winning.

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