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Marines Failed to Safeguard Water Supply

Lejeune ignored reports that its base wells were contaminated with organic solvents. As many as one million Marines, dependents and civilian workers were exposed to toxic chemicals at Lejeune.

(SALEM) - Camp Lejeune could have used a simple test mandated by the Navy in 1963 to learn that its water wells were seriously contaminated. The AP broke the story on May 19, 2013.[1] (UPDATED MAY 22, 2013)

As early as 1963, the Navy Manual required Lejeune to use the carbon chloroform extract (CCE) test to check the quality of water for base wells.

America`s Book of Secrets - The Drug Wars Airs Tonight on History Channel 2

A new History Channel program takes a critical look at the drug war in America that represents such an abject failure in public and health policy.

(LOS ANGELES) - A new History Channel program examines the failed and costly drug war in America.

For the last 40 years the United States has spent nearly $1 Trillion to fight the War on Drugs and little progress has been made.

Marine Missing in Seattle Washington

Jonathan Pablik's mom is asking readers to share this information widely.

(SEATTLE) - A Marine Combat Vet named Jonathan Pablik is missing in the Seattle area, his friends and family are concerned, they say Jonathan is suffering from PTSD.

Jonathan's mother, Sandy Pablik, said he was following a personal journey which he called walk of faith. The problem was he was the only one who knew what this all really meant...

Marine With Prostate Cancer in Pain, Called 911 for Help

An El Toro Marine with prostate cancer was left on his own to drive home after telling a cancer center treatment doctor of severe abdominal pains.

(SOMERDALE, NJ) - Cancer is not something that anyone would volunteer for or for that matter wish on another human being. The cliché ‘avoid like the plague’ comes immediately to mind.

Images of bone thin humans wasting away in a hospice bed flood the mind; unable to eat from the effects of chemotherapy; awaiting death’s call; sedated with drugs to kill the pain; all hope of recovery gone.

VOTE FOR USMC Combat Veteran MWD Lucca K458: AHA Hero Dog Award Contest

“Lucca was the only reason I made it home to my family.” - Gunnery Sergeant Chris Willingham, USMC

(QUANTICO, VA) - Marine Corps MP Explosive Detection Dog and Military Working Dog Lucca K458, a Combat Veteran, has entered the 2013 American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards Contest and needs your support...

MWD Lucca K458 served in the MARINE CORPS for six years and was honored to be a MWD MARINE. She retired in 2012 due to injuries sustained while serving in Afghanistan.

Waterfront Sportsman and Worldwide Followers Plan Protest

Takes place at the NC DENR Office at Washington, NC - to fight environment and financial corruption.

(WASHINGTON NC) - Waterfront Sportsman needs help to get the word out on "Organic Food" and "Uranium Free Chapters" in Facebook and Twitter list around the World.

The PCS Mine in North Carolina has been mining uranium for decades to accelerate the growth and rapid production in the tobacco industry.

Marines Need Funds to Publish Non-Fiction Book

Story of murder, narcotrafficing and environmental contamination written by two Marine veterans.

(IRVINE CA / CAMP LEJEUNE NC) - The connection is not a square peg in a square hole, but its damn close.

Marine Corps leadership was involved in murder, crime scene cover-up, narcotrafficking (cocaine, the drug of choice), the shredding of records, and the denial of injuries from exposure to deadly contaminants at both El Toro and Camp Lejeune.

Kickstarter Campaign for BETRAYAL: TOXIC EXPOSURE OF U.S. MARINES, MURDER & COVER-UP

An undisclosed toxic nightmare for Marines, govt. drug smuggling, and Murder.

(SACRAMENTO) - A Kickstarter campaign has been launched by Salem-News.com's Bob O'Dowd to fund the first published edition of our new book, currently on Amazon Kindle.

BETRAYAL: TOXIC EXPOSURE OF U.S. MARINES, MURDER & COVER-UP is one of the best tools for reaching the millions of Marines and sailors and civilians who served under toxic conditions and know nothing about it.

Toxic Vapors Found in Google Offices

TCE vapors reach unacceptable levels; efforts to remedy it in progress.

(MOUNTAIN VIEW mv-voice.com) - A carcinogen was found to be seeping up from contaminated soil into buildings at Google's building in Mountain View.

Another Navy SEAL, Another Violent Death

Marine Arrested in Shooting Death of Navy SEAL Sniper Chris Kyle reportedly suffers from PTSD.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - I thought I was going to be sick tonight when I heard about the murder of former Navy SEAL and best-selling author Chris Kyle.

The suspect? A Marine who reportedly suffers from PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). That's just a horrible thing to report, and a second person was also reportedly killed along with Kyle