Navy Punishes Teen Airman For Jumping Overboard
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Nicholas McKelvey was aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln for 255 exhausting days. While the war with Iran plagued the world, the 19 - year - old sailor — aviation mechanic on a helicopter squadron — worked on 12-hour shifts under the hot sun, checking and guiding helicopters on the flight deck. He had lost his daughter's birth. His parents-in-law were fighting cancer. The food on the carrier was scarce. Then he reached his limit. At about 10:00 a.m.…
Navy Punishes Teen Airman For Jumping Overboard
The Daily Beast reports: Naval top brass under Pete Hegseth’s hardline Pentagon leadership punished a teenage airman after he survived a harrowing 67-foot leap into the ocean. Navy Airman Nicholas McKelvey, 19, was formally discharged on Thursday, with leadership branding his desperate mental health crisis aboard the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln as “malingering” and accusing him … The post Navy Punishes Teen Airman For Jumping Overboard appeared first…
Nicholas McKelvie, who was at sea for 255 days, fell from a height of 20 meters into the Arabian Sea and was rescued after 50 minutes - He had missed the birth of his daughter and denounces exhausting working conditions
US War Secretary Pete Hegseth Faces Scrutiny Over Navy’s Punishment Of Sailor Who Jumped From USS Lincoln
The decision by US Navy leadership under US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to penalise and formally discharge 19-year-old Navy Airman Nicholas McKelvey after he survived a harrowing 67-foot leap from the USS Abraham Lincoln has sparked widespread debate.
Instead of addressing the mental health of a 19-year-old sailor, the US Navy fired him.
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