This Isn’t the End, It’s the Beginning For those of us who have loved ones harmed by the water at Camp Lejeune, the road to seeing the Honoring our PACT Act passed by the Senate has been decades in the making. While most of the public discussion about it is about burn pits, the Camp…
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3 Reasons Why Camp Lejeune Justice Is Good for ALL Veterans
The Camp Lejeune water contamination resulted from leaking fuel tanks and an off-base dry cleaning company that released toxic chemicals, including trichloroethylene (TCE) and benzene, into the groundwater. The military used the water to supply drinking water to the base and nearby civilian communities from 1953 until 1987. The water contamination at Camp Lejeune caused…
Why We Exist: Honoring My Father and Pursuing Justice for Camp Lejeune Veterans
My dad, U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) John Carberg, was diagnosed with aggressive bladder cancer in 2012. Over the next six years, my dad would face countless treatments, surgeries, infections, and hospitalizations related to his bladder. No matter what we did to try and help him, the cancer was always one step ahead of us. At…
What Is the Camp Lejeune Justice Act?
What Is the Camp Lejeune Justice Act? From 1953 to 1987, about 1 million people were exposed to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina. This included Marines, their family members, and civilian staff working on the base. The Camp Lejeune Justice Act was introduced to help those injured by water contamination. If…