the ship would be cleaned. now some of those service members say they have lingering health problems and have been denied benefits. the navy is only confirming this incident now in response to part of this investigative report by military.com. general porta broke this story. he s with us now and is a marine veteran. jim, you worked on this for five years. tell us how you pursued this and what turned out to be the cause of this water contamination. yeah. thank you for the new gig, i appreciate that. yeah, so five years ago i had received a tip, like most news stories happen. this tip was from a former marine who had served on the boxer. she said her and her friends were experiencing these health issues from fuel getting into the water supply on the uss boxer. but the problem that they were
person saved. in response to your reporting the navy admitted, yes, there was fuel in the ship s water system. they also said uss boxer s leadership and crew took immediate and appropriate measures to restrict access to the ship s potable water. the potable water system, fresh water was restored. is that what your reporting found, jim? that s correct. so a couple of things there. i still don t understand how the navy is concluding that this occurred. so they re admitting that it occurred, but since 2018 they told me there s no records on it so, therefore, they can t say that it occurred. so i m not sure if they re taking my word for it or if they found documents or talked to someone. on the other issues, it s, yeah, service members have been trying to get documentation from the ship. in several instances, marines and sailors who were veterans have asked the ship themselves
(SMYRNA, TN) Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Eldridge, a 2018 Stewarts Creek High School graduate, joined the Navy four years ago. “I was originally going to college for nursing,” said Eldridge. “A Navy recruiter visited my high school and I was energized to join as a corpsman. I am the first female in my family to join the military.”Today, Eldridge serves as a hospital corpsman. Eldridge is responsible for training emergency medicine and maintaining the medical supply off .