ABOUT
Our Mission is to secure justice for fellow veterans, military family members, and civilians who were poisoned by contaminated water while serving on Camp Lejeune between 1953-1987.
We urge Administration officials to fulfill the intent of Congress and honor the promises outlined in the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022. The Department of Justice and the Department of the Navy must remove roadblocks, expedite these cases, and deliver much-needed compensation to victims and their families.
Justice for Lejeune is a 501(c)(4) advocacy organization created in September 2025 to spread the word about the need for long-overdue justice for the victims of Camp Lejeune and how this Administration can help deliver that justice.
In 2022, a bipartisan majority of Congress passed the Camp Lejeune Justice Act, granting those who had been poisoned the right to sue the federal government for damages. Unfortunately, the federal government has so far failed to deliver for our veterans and their families. Although hundreds of thousands of victims have filed claims since the law was enacted three years ago, none has received a trial and fewer than 900 have received settlements from the government.
The Department of Justice under the last Administration continually erected roadblocks and exploited loopholes to delay or deny these families their day in court. That misguided approach is not in line with President Trump’s commitment to veterans or with the intent of Congress.
Justice for Lejeune was created to help injured Marines and military families urge this Administration to honor the promises made in the Camp Lejeune Justice Act.
The water contamination at Camp Lejeune has left a devastating legacy. The federal government unwittingly poisoned our veterans and their families for over 30 years–and worse, after discovering their role in this deadly mistake, they covered it up for two decades.
For the past 70 years, generations of families have struggled physically, mentally and financially as a direct result of exposure to these dangerous chemicals. Many victims have died without ever seeing their day in court or any sort of justice. It’s time to change that. The federal government must take responsibility for the pain it caused, uphold its commitment to these families, and deliver the justice that has been delayed for far too long.
Justice for Lejeune is here to make sure that happens.
HISTORY
Between 1953 and 1987, over one million Marines, military families, and civilians were exposed to life-threatening chemicals in the water at Camp Lejeune.
Due to new environmental regulations, the military began testing the water quality at Camp Lejeune in late 1980. Results showed a strong presence of organic chemicals, and an Army lab chief raised the alarm, but his urgent warnings were ignored.
Even before then, between 1980 and1986, base leadership ignored repeated warnings from scientists, delayed testing, withheld information from federal authorities and individuals stationed at the base, and misled regulators. As a result, more than a million people were exposed to chemicals linked to infertility, cancer, birth defects, and neurological disorders. It wasn’t until the end of 1985 – more than four years after the first warnings – that 10 contaminated wells were finally shut down. And the Marine Corps did not begin formally notifying former residents of their potential exposure until 1999.
In 2012, The Camp Lejeune Families Act passed into law, allowing veterans stationed at Lejeune between 1953 and1987 to receive health care related to conditions linked to the water exposure. A decade later, nearly 70 years after the crisis began, President Biden signed the Camp Lejeune Justice Act into law, allowing affected individuals to sue the federal government for damages.
Veterans and military families continue to fight for justice and urge the Trump Administration to deliver long overdue justice to the victims of Camp Lejeune.