在“亚伯拉罕·林肯”号航母打击群艰苦部署期间，八名试图跳海自杀的水兵之一正在发声，此前他因该事件实际上受到了惩罚。
One of the eight sailors who attempted suicide by jumping overboard during the grueling deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group is speaking out after he was effectively punished for the incident.
据《纽约时报》报道，年仅19岁的海军航空兵尼古拉斯·麦凯尔维在部署第255天、即8月3日跳海。
Navy airman Nicholas McKelvey, 19, jumped overboard on Aug. 3, 255 days into the ship’s deployment, The New York Times reported.
麦凯尔维是一架直升机中队的航空机械师，他告诉该媒体，自己在极端高温下在飞行甲板上轮班12小时、食物有限，错过了女儿出生，还要面对岳父母患癌，最终崩溃跳入了阿拉伯海。
McKelvey, an aviation mechanic in a helicopter squadron, told the outlet he had been working 12-hour shifts on the flight deck in extreme heat with limited food, had missed the birth of his daughter and was dealing with in-laws battling cancer when he hit his limit and jumped into the Arabian Sea.
《纽约时报》查阅的美国海军记录显示，他被直升机机组救起，50分钟后送回舰上，事件报告似乎对导致他跳海的原因持怀疑态度。
U.S. Navy records reviewed by the Times said he was rescued by a helicopter crew and returned to the ship 50 minutes later, with a report on the incident seeming skeptical of what caused him to take the leap.
报告中，一名军官承认这是“一次艰难的部署”，且“我们可能会有跳海者，这并不奇怪”。但他们同时称麦凯尔维的“动机未定”，且“他跳海时的条件似乎可疑”，指出他穿着“救生衣”，一种可作漂浮装置的背心。
In the report, an officer acknowledged that it had been “a difficult deployment” and that “it is unsurprising that we might have a jumper.”But they also said McKelvey’s “motives are undetermined” and “the conditions in which he jumped appear suspect,” pointing to the fact he wore his “float coat,” a vest that can be used as a flotation device.
“我不想再待在那里了，”这名航空兵告诉《时报》，“如果我因此而死，那就那样吧。”
“I didn’t want to be there anymore,” the airman told the Times. “If I was going to die because of it, then that’s just how it is.”
他后来补充道：“显然，我想回家。我穿着救生衣，是因为如果我不该死，我就会获救，但这无所谓，如果我注定要死，我就会直接死掉。就这么简单。”
He later added: “Obviously, I was trying to get home. I kept my float coat on because if I wasn’t supposed to die then I was going to get saved, but it didn’t matter, and if I was supposed to die then I would have just been dead. It’s that simple.”
海军于周四启动程序让麦凯尔维退伍，指控他伪造心理健康危机以结束部署，这使他失去了根据《退伍军人权利法案》获得教育援助的资格。
The Navy on Thursday moved to discharge McKelvey, accusing him of faking a mental health crisis to end his deployment, making him ineligible for education assistance under the GI Bill of Rights.
“林肯”号本月早些时候停靠圣迭戈，结束了为期322天的部署。此次部署原预计于今年夏天结束，但因对伊朗的战争而延长。“林肯”号曾协助执行美国在该地区的海上封锁。
The Lincoln earlier this month docked in San Diego, completing its 322-day deployment, which was expected to end this summer but was extended as part of the war against Iran. The aircraft carrier had helped enforce the U.S. naval blockade in the region.
由于这艘巨舰及其打击群上食品供应紧张、心理健康状况恶化，此次部署受到严格审视。“林肯”号连续286天没有靠港，直到上个月才终于在泰国短暂停靠。
The deployment has come under intense scrutiny due to the tight food supplies and degrading mental health on board the massive ship and its strike group. The Lincoln did not have a port call for 286 days until it finally docked in Thailand for a short period last month.
代理海军部长高雄后来透露，在这段漫长的部署期间，共发生了八起自杀未遂事件。
Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao later revealed there had been eight suicide attempts during the lengthy deployment.
国防部长皮特·赫格塞思承认，“林肯”号船员在艰难的环境中执行任务，但指责新闻媒体试图“把‘亚伯拉罕·林肯’号变成某种功能失调的象征、士气低落的象征，或者任务失败的象征”。但麦凯尔维和他的妻子萨曼莎·拉里表示，他们现在之所以发声，是因为他们认为他在跳船前后没有得到充分的心理健康护理，这使得对他的惩罚不公平。
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has conceded the Lincoln’s crew members operated in a tough environment but accused the news media of attempting to “turn the USS Abraham Lincoln into some sort of a symbol of dysfunction or a symbol of low morale, or a symbol of a failed mission.”But McKelvey and his wife, Samantha Larry, said they are speaking out now because they believe he received inadequate mental health care before and after his jump, making his punishment unfair.
据《纽约时报》报道，这名水兵在6月表示，他曾前往舰上的医疗单位寻求心理健康护理，但被要求与一名牧师交谈，他拒绝了这一安排。
The sailor said in June that he visited the ship’s medical unit for mental health care but was directed to speak with a chaplain, a choice he declined, according to the Times.
“林肯”号上只有六名心理健康专家，而舰上服役人员超过5000人。
The Lincoln only had six mental health specialists for a ship of more than 5,000 service members.
“他们不想为发生在他身上的事、为船上多名水兵身上发生的事承担责任，”拉里谈到她的丈夫时说，“我认为他们根本不在乎。”
“They don’t want to take accountability for what happened to him, and to what happened to multiple sailors on the boat,” Larry said about her husband. “I don’t think that they care.”
她还说：“他们更在乎自己的形象、别人怎么看他们。他们不想让任何人看到那些糟糕的事情。”据该媒体审阅的指控文件，海军指控麦凯尔维在跳船时擅离职守，罪名是装病和“未经请假缺席”。
She added, “They care more about how they’re pictured, how they’re viewed. They don’t want anyone to see the bad stuff.”The Navy charged McKelvey with malingering and “absence without leave” for abandoning his post when he jumped, according to the charging papers, reviewed by the outlet.