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So far, Marine Corps veterans and family members have filed more than 385,000 claims against the government. They believe tainted water on Camp Lejeune made them sick.
Marines and civilians assigned to Headquarters and Support (H&S) Battalion, Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune, tested their response capabilities through a series of drills focused on an...
CNN — Military and civilian personnel who lived and worked at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina in the mid-1970s and ’80s are more likely to be diagnosed with certain cancers compared with those...
For more than 30 years, multiple sources contaminated Camp Lejeune’s supply wells, including waste from a nearby dry-cleaning facility and leaks from underground storage tanks on base,...
The Justice Department and the Department of the Navy announced a streamlined application process on Wednesday for qualifying veterans who were exposed to toxic water at the Marine Corps base...
President Joe Biden in August 2022 signed the Camp Lejeune Justice Act, enabling victims of toxic water at Camp Lejeune to take legal action against the federal government.
The Navy and Justice Department announced a new settlement offer Wednesday to some of the tens of thousands of people who claim they contracted deadly diseases from exposure to contaminated water...
Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) and others have introduced the bipartisan Ensuring Justice for Camp Lejeune Victims Act. This bill updates the original Camp Lejeune Justice Act, which was implemented to provide a compensation process for veterans and victims of contaminated drinking water at the site.
NEW YORK (AP) — Military personnel stationed at Camp Lejeune from 1975 to 1985 had at least a 20% higher risk for a number of cancers than those stationed elsewhere, federal health officials said Wednesday in a long-awaited study about the North Carolina base’s contaminated drinking water.
A Marine was killed in a homicide at Camp Lejeune on Wednesday night, Oct. 18, 2023, and a second Marine was held on suspicion of being involved, the base said.