Overview
- Connor Nelson came home after nearly 10 months away to find his Lemoore, California, apartment trashed and his SUV missing, and he reports multiple valuables taken.
- The family launched an online fundraiser to replace stolen items and has raised more than $20,000 to help him recover.
- Local police say the break-in has been reported and remains under investigation, but the exact timing of the thefts is uncertain and the SUV may have been gone for months.
- The incident follows a record nine-plus month USS Abraham Lincoln deployment that included roughly 250 consecutive days at sea and was relieved in late August by USS George Washington.
- A Sept. 23 letter from Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao disclosed eight suicide attempts across the carrier strike group and cited supply and sustainment strains, raising fresh questions about logistics, mental-health care and congressional oversight.