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Members of Congress Question Navy Commitment to Transparency at Camp Lejeune

Senators and Representatives take the Marine Corps to task over dangerous water.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Five members of Congress today sent a bipartisan letter to the Department of the Navy questioning its commitment to transparency regarding Camp Lejeune’s contaminated drinking water.

North Carolina delegation members U.S. Senators Richard Burr, Kay R. Hagan and Representative Brad Miller, along with Senator Bill Nelson and Representative John Dingell ask the Department of the Navy to immediately provide the public with accurate information.

Marine Corps Camp Lejeune Male Breast Cancer Survivor is 70th

A story of survival against a series of battles... always insurmountable odds.

(CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.) - I never would have imagined that I would now be writing the story of the 70th man who served at or lived aboard Camp Lejeune, who developed breast cancer.

This is the final straw in drawing needed attention to serious health issues tied to the base water supply.

Confessions of a Marine Corps Mutineer

Definition of MUTINY - forcible or passive resistance to lawful authority; especially : concerted revolt (as of a naval crew) against discipline or a superior officer

(SALEM, Ore.) - I became a bit of an expert on the military legal system during my time as a U.S. Marine.

I don't know if it was half me and half the Marine Corps, or just how it all came to be the mess that it was; but I do feel that I became a qualified expert of sorts at being a Marine troublemaker.

Can Erin Brockovich Rescue the Marines?

Brockovich has penned a fictional thriller about industrial contamination called, "Rock Bottom".

(SALEM, Ore.) - The old Marine air base at El Toro is a rotting toxic mess that politicians & businesses have tried in vain to manipulate into a park and subdivision.

Marines need the hand of a star player, and Erin Brockovich could really help.

Military Ethics: `Do the Right Thing`

The veteran who seeks medical care and disability compensation when there’s a delay in the onset of injuries is often met with open hostility by the DOD, the VA, and his own medical care providers.

(CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.) - The Navy and Marine Corps are faced with the choice of ‘doing the right thing’ by supporting legislation to provide medical care and compensation to those injured from exposure to environmental hazards while on active duty.

If not the Corps will face the backlash of a public outcry for not doing so, including lawsuits from dependents and civilian workers that could run into the billions of dollars.

EPA`s Superfund Website Can Save Veteran`s Lives

Veterans are not provided the choice of military assignments.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Thousands of veterans and their dependents lived and worked on military installations that are now listed as EPA Superfund sites.

Former MCAS El Toro was once a proud Marine aviation base; today it is a demolished wreck. The soil and groundwater was terribly polluted over the years and many have paid the ultimate price over it.

Camp Lejeune Lawsuit Goes Forward

The complaint was filed in Federal court in the Eastern District of North Carolina.

(JACKSONVILLE, N.C.) - A federal judge has denied a motion by the government to reconsider requests to dismiss the $10,000 injury lawsuit of Marine spouse Laura Jones, who contracted non-Hodgkins lymphoma after living aboard Lejeune.

A judge previously rejected two motions to dismiss the case; one on the grounds that there were no standards for Lejeune’s TCE and PCE contaminants, the other because Jones’ cancer, diagnosed in 2003, fell outside the state’s 10-year statute of repose for injury claims.

Former Colonel Sues Marine Corps Over Camp Lejeune Water Contamination

A veteran who served on the base in the late 50's is Lejeune's 65th male breast cancer victim.

(WASHINGTON D.C. McClatchy) - A man who served at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune for nearly two years in the 1950s has sued the federal government for $16 million, saying poisonous water at the base caused his cancer.

Joel P. Shriberg of Pinehurst, N.C., was diagnosed in 2004 with male breast cancer and had a radical mastectomy on his left breast.

Twentieth Anniversary of Cold-Blooded Murder Passes

Marine Corps Colonel’s murder reported as a suicide, but forensic evidence supports murder and a government cover-up.

(IRVINE, Calif.) - Twenty years ago this month, Colonel James Sabow, USMC, answered the telephone in his quarters at Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California. “Hello, Colonel Sabow. This is Colonel Sabow.”

These were the last words that Sally Sabow heard her husband speak as she closed the front door of their home to attend an early morning weekday Mass in Santa Ana.

Camp Lejeune and Breast Cancer: Not Just a Male Problem Anymore

The Camp Lejeune water supply's smorgasbord of toxins have led to 64 male breast cancer cases; now we learn there is at least one female case also.

(CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.) - As a nurse in the US Navy during the 1970's, Nancy (Neale) Brown was stationed at the Camp Lejeune Marine base in North Carolina.

Nancy has enjoyed a successful life, but she is lucky; for at a young age, Nancy became a breast cancer survivor.