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BUSTED! DoD Letter Discovered in Federal Register Proves TCE and Cancer Have Been Linked for Years

Boom! Caught with their pants down... includes the full nine page DoD memorandum from 2000.

(SALEM) - Scientific studies into the dangerous chemical TCE that pollutes U.S. military bases worldwide, drew the conclusion well over a decade ago, that it is a human carcinogen and it causes cancer.

Post Traumatic Psychic Injuries or PTSD?

As always, at the end of the discussion, cannabis therapy works best.

(MOLALLA, OR) - I just heard from somewhere that somebody wants to change PTSD, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, to Post Traumatic Stress Injury or PTSI.

I don’t get it! We already have (Post) Traumatic Brain Injury or TBI.

800 Marines Need Your Help - Will you Answer the Call?

Send Marines from the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force care packages.

(CAMP LEJEUNE, NC) - Every summer, Move America Forward focuses on supporting one particular unit deployed in Afghanistan.

Radiation at El Toro Hangar Unresolved

Marines who worked in the north mezzanine of Hangar 296 were at risk of exposure to Radium 226 and its radioactive decay products.

(IRVINE, CA) - An old WW II hangar over 200,000 square feet in area at former MCAS El Toro will not be on any tourist list now and maybe for years to come.

Hangar 296 is one of the primary sites of the TCE plume spreading into Orange County and reason for the base’s placement on the National Priority List (NPL), commonly referred to as the EPA Superfund.

Stemming the Tides of Protest

The only solution is revolution; organizing a mass political movement based in the working class that will overthrow capitalism and build democratic socialism.

(OLDENBURG, Germany) - As the living conditions of ordinary people inevitably worsen under capitalism and as its wars cause increasing devastation, tides of protest rise up from the population.

The ruling elite then seek to stem these tides before they reach flood state.

Cleanup for North Orange County Toxic Plume Could Cost $200 Million

A nation bent on military buildup that does not relent when it can, is truly one of the most dangerous.

(ANAHEIM, CA) - When it comes to environmental contamination in Orange County, California, we typically cover the south county eyesore that was once a Marine fighter base, the old MCAS El Toro.

Now, thanks to an article by Pat Brennan, published yesterday by the Orange County Register, we get the dirty details on another plume, this one in north Orange County.

MCAS El Toro: Southern California`s Environmental Nightmare

Who knows what lurks beneath your drain?

(IRVINE, CA) - Most Southern Californians are familiar with El Toro, the now-closed Marine Corps air base just an hour south of LA.

Pot Foe Dwight Leans Right but he`s Not Right

Our medical expert, Dr. Phil Leveque, says Dwight Holton's position on marijuana is a disservice to PTSD Veterans.

(SALEM) - A new article in US News & World Report explores the Oregon Gubernatorial race and Dwight Holton's hardline position over medical marijuana.

Mr. Holton has stated that he supports the state's voter-endorsed program, but I think that might be a wee stretch of the truth from Dwight.

Vietnam, US Join Hands to Remove Dioxin at Da Nang Airport

After being decontaminated, the land will be returned to their original place to ensure integrity of the area.

(DA NANG Vietnam) - In a seminar yesterday, Vietnamese and US experts discussed the use of In-Pile Thermal Desorption (IPTD) technology in a US$43 million project to clean up dioxin contamination at Da Nang Airport.

Sound Off! The Newsletter of VETERANS UNITED FOR TRUTH, Inc.

“Veterans standing up for each other”

(WASHINGTON DC) - An en banc panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has issued its decision in our case brought on behalf of veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

In its decision, the Ninth Circuit held that a federal statute closes the courthouse door to constitutional claims by veterans.