2017 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2017 20:24:19 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] FUEL, HOUSING: "A young Marine family grapples with news of contamination at Laurel Bay, " SC
 
‘It was mind-blowing:’ A young Marine family grapples with news of contamination at Laurel Bay

BY KASIA KOVACS
Island Packet (SC)
DECEMBER 13, 2017 

In many ways, Becca and Jerrico Satryan’s love story is typical of the Marine Corps: They met in Florida while Jerrico was on leave from Japan, fell in love at first sight, got married a year and a half later, and had three sons.

Life, they thought, would have certain assurances, a sense of security. They were young, but Jerrico was a veteran. There’s an unspoken rule with military service: He’d risked his life for the United States, and the U.S. government would now care for him and his family. Marines take care of their own, they say. “Semper fi.” Always faithful.

They thought.

Becca and Jerrico moved to the Laurel Bay housing base for Marines in Beaufort in 2013. At the time, their eldest son Jionni (or JJ, as his parents call him), had just turned 1. Becca was also pregnant with the couple’s second son. JJ played in the grass with other almost-toddlers, and the family often spent time at Laurel Bay’s playgrounds and parks.


Read more here: http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/community/beaufort-news/article188632849.html#storylink=cpy

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For the entire article, see
http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/community/beaufort-news/article188632849.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
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<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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