Tag: U.S. Marine Corps

By Greg Barnes In the yellowed photograph from 1968, a young Lisette Partain sits on a hospital bed cradling her newborn baby. A glass of water and a partially filled baby bottle rest on a bedside table. Mike Partain, the infant in the picture, believes his misery began at conception  Although it wouldn’t manifest itself

By Greg Barnes The failure Tuesday by members of the U.S. House to override President Trump’s emergency declaration could mean millions of dollars being diverted from military bases in North Carolina and other states to build 57 miles of a border wall separating the U.S. from Mexico. When Trump made his declaration in mid-February, he

By Catherine Clabby Some of the hundreds of thousands of people exposed to hazardous drinking water at Camp Lejeune have something to celebrate this month. A federal rule activated last week grants automatic disability status to U.S. Marine Corps veterans who lived at Camp Lejeune from 1953 to 1987 and who suffer from any of