CENTCOM Chief Defends Lincoln Crew Mental Health Amid Public Pressure
🎖️ ARABIAN SEA — Cooper visited the Lincoln after families spoke to media, not before. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: A CENTCOM commander publishing mental health statistics is damage control, not reassurance — it means the pressure campaign worked. The Lincoln at 250+ days underscores blockade strain. If families and press can move CENTCOM publicly, Congress notices. That's the real threat: not crew morale, but domestic political erosion of blockade duration.
