Donald Trump on Friday downplayed the toll on American sailors enduring nearly nine months at sea on the USS Abraham Lincoln as concerns escalated about mental health and supply issues aboard the aircraft carrier supporting U.S. operations against Iran.
In a brief exchange with reporters before flying to New York for an event to highlight falling violent crime rates across the U.S., Trump refuted that family members have raised concerns about the deployment’s length and even said that the deployment — which includes a record-setting uninterrupted time at sea of more than 240 days — is “not nearly long enough.”
https://demographics.militaryonesource.mil/chapter-2-active-duty-personnel/
Military demographics.
https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/91dd0811-cf0a-40e5-9f63-7e536b3a6ff8/content
Report showing that enlisted tend to swing independent more than officers.
Also, my own lived experience. I was enlisted, my father in law was a career officer. I married his daughter when I was just a young junior enlisted guy so I have spent a lot of time around both enlisted and officers, all the way up to General level.
Thank you for the resources. I greatly appreciate it.