The U.S. military plans to discipline a 19-year-old sailor who jumped from the USS Abraham Lincoln earlier this month, citing self-harm and unauthorized absence, U.S. media reported. The sailor jumped from the carrier on the 3rd and was rescued about an hour later. Military charges allege he violated regulations by deliberately feigning illness or injuring himself to avoid duty and by leaving his post without approval. The Lincoln began a planned deployment in November, was sent to the Middle Ea

The U.S. military plans to discipline a 19-year-old sailor who jumped from the USS Abraham Lincoln earlier this month, citing self-harm and unauthorized absence, U.S. media reported. The sailor jumped from the carrier on the 3rd and was rescued about an hour later. Military charges allege he violated regulations by deliberately feigning illness or injuring himself to avoid duty and by leaving his post without approval. The Lincoln began a planned deployment in November, was sent to the Middle East in January and is now en route back to the United States. The New York Times reported the carrier spent 272 days largely at sea with only brief resupply stops in Guam and Oman; about 5,000 crew members reportedly faced low morale and poor living conditions, and several sailors have reportedly suffered mental breakdowns and attempted to jump overboard.