The Unseen Toll of a Forever War US Central Command Chief Adm. Brad Cooper has hailed the USS Lincoln's deployment as "one of the most operationally intense and consequential of the modern era.
" Behind this rhetoric, however, lies a devastating human cost that is often overlooked.
The ship's record breaking 240 day deployment at sea has already exceeded expectations, with over 5,000 sailors and Marines on board facing unprecedented mental health challenges.