The Navy's top enlisted leader told sailors aboard the aircraft carrier that there is little the branch can do to improve the living conditions. Military.com reported April 20 that the carrier has experienced a string of suicides going back at least 10 months, including three suicides in a six-day stretch earlier this month. Smith came aboard the ship and took questions from the crew. According to a transcript provided by the Navy, Smith began the session by telling the sailors that they should not clap yet, because they don't know if he will say anything worth clapping for. Air Force General Convicted in Historic Court-Martial Avoids Jail Time. The questions posed to Smith focused on the crew's tough conditions that they say are fueling the crisis. Smith replied that he believed the same thing as the sailor who noted that ships in the shipyard have higher rates of mental health issues and suicides. Several sailors who attended and spoke to Military.com said that the top enlisted sailor's remarks offered nothing in the way of planned changes. The remark that stuck out to many of the sailors aboard -- so much so that it generated a substantial reaction in Navy-focused social media groups -- came when Smith told a sailor who had asked about living conditions that the Navy probably could have done better to manage their expectations. Smith explained that the Navy was driven to move some of the crew onboard, before moving to an anecdote about him having to endure unpleasant conditions himself while stationed aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. The George Washington has been undergoing a major renovation at Newport News. Halfway through a carrier's 50-year life to refuel the nuclear reactor, the maintenance period is usually done. The ship was supposed to be done in 2021. By 2020 that had changed to 2022. Sailors who spoke to Military.com said the conditions on the ship made life difficult. Some crew members have had to endure an active construction zone with constant noise from power tools and power cuts. Sailors who live off the ship describe hours-long commute that involves parking far from the carrier and taking shuttle buses and mile-long walks. Smith told the crew that they should always raise their concerns, but that they should do so with reasonable expectations. You are not sleeping in a foxhole like a Marine might be doing. One sailor who was present was struck by the analogy. The sailor said it was not a combat zone. They said it was making it sound like the Navy. When someone walks by you at Starbucks and says thank you for your service, this is one of the things that they do. Military.com spoke with two sailors who have been on the carrier for a long time. They asked for anonymity to avoid being retaliated against. To do nothing to improve the quality of life for sailors forced to live on board in the first place is unacceptable according to another sailor. The sailor said that the implication that sailors get to go home every night is tone deafness. In a statement released late Monday night, Smith said that he is in ongoing discussions with our senior Navy leaders to share these concerns, and to ensure they are aware of the issues and their impacts on our Sailors. My heart is with the sailors on the George Washington, who are hurting from loss, the statement said. The two sailors aboard the George Washington said that Smith was not given the power to make changes to improve conditions. One of the sailors who spoke with Military.com said that the conditions in that shipyard are a travesty that senior military leaders have ignored for decades. Smith said that no one would walk away from Huntington Ingalls and that he nearly got into physical altercations with various senior military and civilian leaders trying to get a firefighting trainer built. When asked about Smith's remarks, a spokesman for Newport News Shipbuilding referred Military.com back to the Navy. In a previous statement about suicides related to the ship, the company said that its sympathies go out to the Navy families and friends. Smith acknowledged that mental health care in the service is lacking, noting that after his own divorce he needed to get some care and was told that he could have an appointment in six weeks. He said that the nation doesn't have a lot of psychologists, psychiatrists and other mental health care workers. The top enlisted sailor briefly boasted of a decrease in suicides Navy-wide to the crew but quickly admitted that it wasn't his experience that mattered. It doesn't. The Navy needs to do better for sailors. 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