{"id":23700,"date":"2026-08-15T16:28:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T16:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=23700"},"modified":"2026-08-15T16:28:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T16:28:48","slug":"iran-responds-after-trump-teases-strait-of-hormuz-becoming-us-territory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=23700","title":{"rendered":"Iran responds after Trump teases Strait of Hormuz becoming US territory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><!----><time class=\"time\" datetime=\"Sat Aug 15 2026 07:00:27 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)\">5 hours ago<\/time><!----><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"title\"><!--[-->USS Abraham Lincoln \u2018not experiencing an uptick in mental health issues\u2019: US official<!--]--><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div><!--[--><!--[--><!----><!--]--><!--[--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>A U.S. official told Fox News on Saturday that \u201cWe are not experiencing an uptick in mental health issues\u201d aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln and there are \u201creligious, medical and mental health professionals available to assess and address concerns as they arise\u201d among Sailors and Marines.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>The remark comes following reports this week claiming a decline in morale and conditions onboard the aircraft carrier, which has spent more than 260 days at sea during its deployment, in support of the U.S. war against Iran.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>\u201cWe have not observed an increase in suicidal ideations or attempts aboard the ship,\u201d the U.S. official told Fox News.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>\u201cUSS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) has five Navy Chaplains, one clinical psychologist, one clinical social worker, three behavioral health technicians and an embedded integrated prevention coordination (EIPC) counselor. The ship also has an expeditionary facility dog, CAPT Fathom, to support crew morale and emotional welfare,\u201d the official continued. \u201cThese resources are available to Sailors and Marines throughout the Strike Group 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>\u201cSailors go through normal transitions throughout a deployment cycle. Adapting to life at sea can be difficult, so we&#8217;ve learned how to provide resources and help Sailors with these transitions. We are not experiencing an uptick in mental health issues aboard Abraham Lincoln,\u201d the official added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>The official also said the USS Abraham Lincoln is \u201coperating in a highly contested environment where traditional supply hubs in the Middle East were disrupted by combat actions.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>\u201cIn response, leadership prioritized mission-critical supplies: first food, then hygiene items, then mail. Current reports from the ship confirm continuous access to clean water, functional AC, and healthy meal options,\u201d the official said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p><em>Fox News\u2019 Liz Friden contributed to this post.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--]--><!--]--><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5 hours ago USS Abraham Lincoln \u2018not experiencing an uptick in mental health issues\u2019: US&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23701,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23700\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}