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U.S. Marine Murdered to Cover Up CIA-Cocaine Link?

C-130A and P-3A, former military aircraft, were used to transport weapons to Central America and drugs into the U.S. to support the Contra War.

(IRVINE Tico Times) - Enrique “Kiki” Camarena, a DEA agent and former U.S. Marine, was killed in Mexico in 1985 because he was a threat to disclose illegal narcotrafficking activity supported by the CIA to fund the Contra War.

Six year later, on Jan. 22, 1991, Col. James E. Sabow was murdered at U.S. Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California, because he was about to blow the whistle on the illegal narcotrafficking of cocaine into the United States on CIA proprietary airlines.

MIA Return Home / Burial of PFC Jonathan Reed Posey, Jr. August 12, 2013

Posey’s remains were not recovered until 1954, during what became known as “Operation Glory” when the United Nations and Communist Forces exchanged remains of the war dead.

(ARLINGTON, VA) - Marine Corps Pfc. Jonathan Reed Posey Jr., 20, of Dallas, TX was buried August 12, 2013 in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery.

In December 1950, Posey, assigned to L Battery, 4th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, was serving provisionally as an infantryman with the 7th Marine Regiment at Yudam-ni in the vicinity of the Chosin Reservoir.

Purple Buffalo Convention & Operation Red Dragonfly

New Bern has a nice airport and the future Waterfront Sportsman 225 slip marina for the major players and supporters for Tim King's 'Operation Red Dragonfly'

(CAMP LEJEUNE, NC) - All the Waterfront Sportsman Brothers and Sisters of Ducks Unlimited the River Keepers, Coastal Federation, Surfrider Foundation are joining the "Purple Buffalo Coalition" at NC Ducks Unlimited State Convention this Weekend in New Bern, N.C.

The Duck Dynasty and Orange County Choppers Boys & Chic's will have their work cut to match Katy's Couric new Ring and had better stop by Hayes Jewelers to load up.

Red Dragonfly `Veteran Awareness Mission` Set to Land at Camp Lejeune (VIDEO)

Operation Red Dragonfly is a Marine/author/reporter's mission to cross the USA educating Veterans about the health risks they face due to military service.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - Camp Lejeune stands out as the focal point for military base contamination in the United States.

The toxic nature of this Marine Corps reserve speaks volumes about the environmental state of military bases, and the position of the US government with regard to this subject, which is one of evasiveness and denial.

Sergeant Reckless Statue to be Dedicated at the Museum of the Marine Corps

The monument honoring Reckless' actions, sculpted by Jocelyn Russell, captures her in an uphill stance, carrying a load of ammunition.

(WASHINGTON DC) - A statue of a Mongolian Mare, Sgt. Reckless, will be dedicated at a special ceremony at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle, Virginia on Friday, July 26 at 1 p.m.

Sgt. Reckless was recognized as a national hero in 1954 for her service in the Korean War and went on to be awarded two Purple Hearts. She was a Marine, but a unique one at that. She was a Mongolian mare that earned the rank of staff sergeant...

NCIS Involved in Crime Scene Tampering of Marine Colonel`s Death

Younger brother’s phone and emails monitored by government.

(IRVINE, CA) - Colonel Sabow had no idea that his life was at risk when he made the decision not to plead guilty to false charges of personal misuse of government aircraft.

He trusted that these ridiculous charges would be dropped at a court martial and other Marines to ‘always have his back’. He didn’t know that his decision was a threat to those involved in the illegal narcotrafficking of cocaine into the US.

Evidence Calls for New Investigation Into the Murder of Marine Colonel James Sabow

Marine Colonel at MCAS El Toro blew the whistle on continuing Central and South American drug shipments and was murdered; his death passed off as a suicide.

(RAPID CITY, SD) - In 1991, my brother, Colonel J.E. Sabow, USMC was murdered in the backyard of his home on the Marine Corps Air Base El Toro, California. Col. Sabow was a highly decorated Jet pilot with 221 combat missions in an A-6 Intruder.

This was followed by multiple assignments and commands stateside, as well as in South Korea, Okinawa and Japan.

New Book: Short Rations for Marines

The caveat in contributing a story was that each writer must tell a true story about a Marine, a Fleet Marine sailor, or their dependent families.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Short Rations for Marines by Major Ralph Stoney Bates Sr., USMC (Ret) is an exquisite, easy to read, collection of 57 true stories authored by 34 very different writers.

It takes readers through a domain, not only of tragic historical significance, but also through humorous, often ridiculous incidents that flawlessly become antidotes for the conventional.

Murder Made Sexy

The sexualization of violence is profoundly sick, but it's just an extension of a pathology that permeates our society.

(OLDENBURG, Germany) - The US Special Forces is a bizarrely gendered world, as I found out when I joined it to write a book about war. This all-male bastion is sexualized in a truly perverted way, particularly in its methods for turning young men into killers on command.

Being the epitome of patriarchy, the military creates soldiers by forcing them into the role of the lowliest creatures in patriarchy: women.

Scientists Confirm Marines` Poisonous Camp Lejeune Water Wells Date Back to Mid-Century

Advocates for the veterans’ families say Marines no longer can deny responsibility.

(CAMP LEJEUNE, NC) - Federal health officials continue to uncover excessive levels of previous water contamination at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune.

A new study of the North Carolina base’s main water system that was released Friday demonstrates a rapidly increasing level of human carcinogens in the drinking water starting as early as 1948 and peaking in the mid-1980s.