Author: Michael P. Ehline

Paul Ehline Ride is Helping Carolina Victims and Beyond Camp Lejeune is a 246 sq mile military training facility in Jacksonville, North Carolina. Although the base is known for its vast beaches perfect for training, it has become famous for contaminated water. From 1957 to 1987, for 30 years, marines and their family members residing in Camp Lejeune drank contaminated drinking water with toxins up to 3,400 times above the safety standards, damaging the nervous system. The shocking part of all this is that the government did not disclose information about the contaminated water for...

After weeks of waiting, veterans exposed to toxic burn pits will not get health care benefits thanks to the PACT Act passing through the Senate. The decisive and bipartisan win is a huge one for veterans and military family members who require VA health care for conditions that have developed after exposure to toxic gas from these pits. Though the Tuesday night vote was great for those receiving disability benefits, Republican amendments had slowed things down. The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee and several high-ranking Democrats pushed the Senate vote through, even though they were met...

There is a bill to improve the Iraq and Afghanistan Service grant and the children of fallen heroes grant, which will make a huge difference for people who have served. Many veterans deserve to have better help when they have been discharged from the military. However, many of them have struggled when they come home. Those who were a part of the Iraq and Afghanistan service saw many dreadful scenarios, which is why the government should look after them. To learn more about the bill to improve the Iraq and Afghanistan Service grant and the children of fallen heroes grant, continue reading...

Here is a story raising awareness about veterans affairs over toxic exposed veterans and the PACT ACT. Paul Ehline Memorial Ride watched the PACT Act in its final form die on the Senate floor. Sgt Paul Ehline in Mong Village, Circa 1968. Styled the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act (PACT) Act of 2022, this sweeping legislation was set to deliver generations of servicemembers exposed to toxins long denied health care and restitution benefits. It was designed to improve health care for certain vets and grew to cover the...

You want to love the memories from your childhood, no matter where you lived. But there’s a different charm to spending your early years near military bases. Among the beautiful memories of Marines, Airmen, Sailors, soldiers, or Coastguardsmen marching, planes flying, and jets roaring, those who have lived near these bases are now faced with a threat. Much military personnel and their families are now finding out that the water they had been drinking in their homes and various materials they had been using were contaminated. This type of water contamination is not to be taken lightly...

Throughout the history of the US Military, veterans have been exposed to dangerous and life-threatening conditions not due to war but because of a lack of management and proper research before setting up bases. On many occasions, these unsuspecting army individuals and their families were made to drink contaminated groundwater (laced with inorganic arsenic, Benzene, and other toxic substances.). The consumption of contaminated groundwater resulted in the development of cancers and many other medical complications in these veterans and their families. Some of these conditions might continue...