Rotten Meat, No Milk: Soldier’s Family Tells All to Meidas About USS Abraham Lincoln (Ft. Aaron Parnas)
August 13, 2026
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5 min readIn recent weeks, service members aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln and USS George H.W. Bush—supercarriers deployed in the Persian Gulf as part of what the Trump administration calls a blockade—have been sending desperate messages to independent journalist Aaron Parnas. Their families are sharing the details publicly for the first time. The accounts describe rotten meat, no fresh fruit or vegetables for months, no milk for three months, sailors working twenty-hour shifts on less than five hours of sleep, and weight losses of 30 to 50 pounds. Multiple sailors have attempted suicide by jumping overboard. One message reads: “This deployment is the worst one, and I pray no other boat goes through the same. Even people that have been deployed a hundred times claim this one to be the worst.”
What the Messages Reveal About Conditions Onboard
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:27) **Families Reach Out with Horror Stories** - Aaron Parnas has been contacted by families of sailors and Marines aboard supercarriers in the Persian Gulf, sharing alarming firsthand accounts.
- 2 (01:48) **No Milk and Rotten Meat** - Service members report a complete lack of fresh food and basic supplies, with logistics failures causing severe nutritional deficiencies.
- 3 (04:26) **Sailors Attempting Suicide by Jumping Overboard** - The host reveals that multiple sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln have tried to jump from the ship during its extended deployment.
- 4 (05:53) **More Confirmation from the USS George H.W. Bush** - Aaron Parnas reads a message from a spouse of a sailor on the George H.W. Bush, confirming identical problems.
- 5 (09:20) **Aaron Parnas Joins to Detail Exclusive Reporting** - The host brings in Aaron Parnas to discuss the flood of messages he has received from military families.
- 6 (11:06) **Indefinite Deployment with No End in Sight** - The USS Abraham Lincoln was supposed to return in May but is now on an indefinite deployment, worsening the crisis.
- 7 (12:40) **Sleep Deprivation and the Risk of Catastrophic Error** - The combination of 20-hour shifts and constant threat from Iran creates a dangerous situation.
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Show Notes
MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’s betrayal of the US Navy being exposed as Aaron Parnas reveals his exclusive reporting on text messages Aaron received from Navy sailors and their families documenting the awful conditions on the US ships. Go to https://TryMiracle.com/Meidas and use the code MEIDAS to claim your free 3-piece towel set and save over 40% off.
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