‘This Is Criminal’: Hegseth Hit with Calls for Removal After Dismissing Sailors’ Desperate Pleas for Soap and Hot Meals — As Crew Members Reportedly Try to Jump Overboard

The Pentagon is asking Congress for another massive infusion of money even as reports from the USS Abraham Lincoln paint a troubling picture of life aboard one of America’s most powerful warships.

While Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pushes for a historic $1.5 trillion military budget, families of sailors are sounding the alarm over shortages of basic necessities and reports of crew members attempting to jump overboard during the carrier’s record-breaking deployment.

The disconnect is fueling growing outrage over the Pentagon’s spending priorities, with critics invoking “Lobstergate” — the $6.9 million spent on lobster and millions more on steaks, crab and other luxury items — and questions mounting over why sailors in the Iran war are not getting the support they need.

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More than 5,000 sailors and Marines aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have endured 250 consecutive days at sea, with reports of attempted suicides, shortages of basic supplies and increasingly desperate pleas from military families.

The carrier left San Diego on Nov. 21 and was initially bound for the Pacific before being redirected to the Middle East after the war with Iran began. Its deployment, originally scheduled to end in May, has been extended multiple times. 

Source: ‘This Is Criminal’: Hegseth Hit with Calls for Removal After Dismissing Sailors’ Desperate Pleas for Soap and Hot Meals — As Crew Members Reportedly Try to Jump Overboard