The U.S. Navy has begun an investigation after a rash of confirmed or suspected suicide deaths among sailors on the crew of the USS George Washington. Three sailors died within one week of each other, the Navy confirmed.
U.S. aircraft carrier USS George Washington is seen during its mission in the eastern Mediterranean Sea on February 5, 2017. / Credit: USS George H.W. Bush / Handout via Getty
According to a Navy official, a total of seven USS George Washington crew members have died in the past ten months, including the three recent deaths. The official said some, but not all, of the additional four deaths were also suicides. This isn't the first time that a series of suicides have been reported in similar circumstances. In 2019, three sailors aboard the USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrierService members and veterans who are in crisis or having thoughts of suicide, and those who know a service member or veteran in crisis, can call the Military Crisis Line/Veterans Crisis Line for confidential support 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.
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