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Admiral Cooper Says USS Lincoln Has Lowest Mental-Health Cases

8/17/2026

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Admiral Brad Cooper visited the USS Lincoln on Saturday and posted on X on Sunday acknowledging its mental-health challenges.
Cooper said the Lincoln has among the lowest number of mental-health cases of the Navy’s 11 active aircraft carriers.
He noted the carrier’s deployment of more than eight months is long, not for everyone, and referenced 4 million Navy veterans who would attest to the strain of sea service.

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Historical Context

In 1991, Operation Desert Storm’s massive air campaign—over 100,000 sorties and 700,000 U.S. troops—exposed service members to intense combat stress. Today Admiral Brad Cooper points to the USS Lincoln’s eight-month deployments with relatively few psychiatric cases as evidence of the Navy’s continued effort to mitigate sea-service strain and expand fleet-wide resilience programs.

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Story summary

Admiral Brad Cooper visited the USS Lincoln on Saturday and posted on X on Sunday acknowledging its mental-health challenges.
Cooper said the Lincoln has among the lowest number of mental-health cases of the Navy’s 11 active aircraft carriers.
He noted the carrier’s deployment of more than eight months is long, not for everyone, and referenced 4 million Navy veterans who would attest to the strain of sea service.

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