# US military faces reckoning over morale after carrier crew crisis

https://mins.news/en/video/28919

- DW News, 2026-08-21 23:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH01WCxQCRI

> Thousands of sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln are heading home after nearly nine months at sea. Relatives describe overflowing toilets and food shortages, while a few crew members reportedly tried to jump overboard. The conditions have intensified scrutiny of morale in the US military, which some blame on the war against Iran.

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