The Navy released a pair of reports on Thursday detailing the findings of its investigation into a spate of suicides that occurred within the USS George Washington.

Three sailors committed suicide within a week while the carrier was undergoing extended repairs at Newport News Shipbuilding last year, prompting the investigation, which ultimately determined that there "was no causal connection or correlation between the three victims," though they determined the Navy had failed to provide basic quality of life for sailors.

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“Navy leadership is working relentlessly to improve Quality of Service for our Sailors. This investigation provides solution-oriented, prioritized, and actionable recommendations aimed at implementing a number of immediate and long-term changes to improve the lives and workplace for our Sailors,” said Adm. Daryl Caudle, commander, United States Fleet Forces Command. “We are working daily and aggressively to ensure support and resources are available to Sailors in the shipyards, at sea, and at home."

Then the Norfolk-based Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center reported four suicides last December. A separate Navy investigation also released Thursday found those deaths were also not connected but that they failed to maintain a suitable Navy standard.

Both ships have already begun making changes to improve the standard of living for sailors.

"In both cases there was organizational drift — a slow erosion over time — conditions that were clearly not right became acceptable," Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro and Navy Chief Adm. Michael Gilday wrote in a memo following the conclusion of the investigation. "We do not yet have clear, enforceable standards for [Navy Quality of Service]. As a result we consistently find examples where we do not meet our standards. This erodes trust, both inside and outside of our Navy."

The primary recommended changes are designed to improve life for sailors stationed on dry-docked carriers that don't get to go to sea, including creating a split-tour program that prevents any first-term sailors from being assigned to dry-docked aircraft carriers for more than two years. Additionally, allowing every sailor on a ship in an industrial environment to receive allowance for off-ship and off-base housing, which is currently not permitted for junior sailors, was among the recommendations.

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The morale and mental problems were well-known before the spate of suicides.

A GAO report from February 2022 highlighted the harsh realities of life on U.S. Navy ships that are in port for repairs, “Ships’ crews described operating in unsafe conditions, with safety measures circumvented or disregarded, and working 12 to 20 hours while in port, canceling leave, and also working long shifts in order to get maintenance done while underway,” the report said.