Biography
Bob O’Dowd is a former U.S. Marine who served in the same Marine Aviation Squadron at MCAS El Toro as Tim King, founder of Salem-News.com. With their combined on-site knowledge and research ability, Bob and Tim and a handful of other Marine veterans, have put the contamination of former MCAS El Toro, an EPA Superfund site, on the map. El Toro was closed in ’99, and most of the former base sold by the Navy at a public auction in ’05. Bob and Tim have teamed together to write a documentary on the contamination at El Toro and Lejeune due to be published in the Fall 2011. Look for A FEW GOOD MEN, TOO MANY CHEMICALS. You can email Bob O’Dowd at rodowd@live.com.
Kimberly Stahlman, widow of Colonel USMC, is fighting to prove that her husband did not commit suicide but was instead murdered. However, the Marine Corps refuses to help.
February 1st, 2012 | Posted in Heroes,Military,Support the Troops | Read More »
Motive for the murder was to prevent Colonel Sabow from talking about unmarked civilian aircraft to flying drugs into MCAS El Toro.
January 19th, 2012 | Posted in Vet News | Read More »
Colonel Sabow was found dead in his quarters at MCAS El Toro on January 22, 1991, after he requested a court martial for alleged charges due to personal misuse of government aircraft.
January 18th, 2012 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News | Read More »
Fraudulent autopsy photo supports murder of Marine Corps Colonel and cover-up by DOD.
January 17th, 2012 | Posted in Editors Picks,Vet News | Read More »
The Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Association (www.bluewaternavy.org) is seeking the public’s help.
January 4th, 2012 | Posted in Agent Orange,Health | Read More »
I strongly urge you to co-sponsor and support S 1629, the Agent Orange Equity Act of 2011, introduced by Sen Gillibrand.
January 2nd, 2012 | Posted in Agent Orange,Health | Read More »
Convincing evidence in a scientific paper by two forensic experts of the murder of Colonel James E. Sabow rejected by leading forensic journals.
December 12th, 2011 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News | Read More »
The violent death of Marine Colonel James E. Sabow at MCAS El Toro on January 22, 1991, was a clear case of homicide. For those with knowledge of the cold case, this isn’t even a close call.
December 11th, 2011 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News | Read More »
The difference between homicide and suicide can sometimes be a close call, requiring extensive pathological review and crime scene reconstruction.
December 11th, 2011 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News | Read More »
The San Francisco Labor Council attracted several hundred protesters to march from the Federal Building on Mission Street to the financial district.
December 4th, 2011 | Posted in Americas,World | Read More »
Narcotrafficing and a ‘shadow government’ in the Iran/Contra Affair are linked to the murders, categorized as ‘suicides’ by the government.
November 30th, 2011 | Posted in Editors Picks,Top 10,Vet News | Read More »
Veterans often wait years to receive government benefits. All claims to benefits used to end with the veteran’s death, but a new law allows family members to step in.
November 30th, 2011 | Posted in Benefits,Vet News | Read More »
Olympic Games set to compete in a stadium surrounded by a curtain of shame made by Dow Chemical.
November 28th, 2011 | Posted in Agent Orange,Health | Read More »
MilSpeak Books spurs increased trend of giving free eBooks to deployed troops and inspires literary award nominations.
November 27th, 2011 | Posted in Book Reviews,Living,Vet News | Read More »
Presidential ‘Exposure’ and roles detailed in Special Prosecutor Reports. Reagan Briefed In Advance on Each Group of Missiles Sold to Iran.
November 25th, 2011 | Posted in Cold War,History | Read More »
Daniel Foster, the decorated former Army veteran who was wounded in Afghanistan and has waited more than a year to receive veterans benefits, got a partial response from the Department of Veterans Affairs this week, but much less than he hoped.
November 24th, 2011 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News | Read More »
“The man has won a Purple Heart. He’s won a Silver Star,” she said, leaning forward at her Veterans Firstoffice desk and speaking intently into the telephone.
November 24th, 2011 | Posted in Top 10 | Read More »
Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) finds no support for homicide, despite forensic evidence and experts who found homicide the likely cause of death. (Updated 1/2/2012) (CAMP PENDLETON, CA) – There are good reasons to question the Navy Criminal Investigative Agency (NCIS) cold case investigation into the death of Marine Colonel James E. Sabow who was found [...]
November 16th, 2011 | Posted in Editors Picks | Read More »
I’ve been working with Dr. David Sabow, the brother of Marine Colonel James Sabow who was murdered in his quarters at MCAS El Toro, California, in January 1991.
November 8th, 2011 | Posted in Editors Picks,Top 10 | Read More »
An eBook by Tim King and Robert O’Dowd tackles the environmental contamination at former MCAS El Toro and Camp Lejeune, including the murder of a senior Marine Corps officer at El Toro. The book is scheduled for release in October/November 2011.
September 3rd, 2011 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News | Read More »
Former U.S. Army Captain Phil Steward provided testimony to the Korean National Assembly on Monday, August 1st, on the U.S. Army’s use of herbicdes in Korea during 1968-1969, according to a news story in The Chosunilbo and confirmed in an email from Steward to me today.
August 7th, 2011 | Posted in Agent Orange,Health | Read More »
Former Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California, is a safer environment today than prior to its closure in July 1999. Since the 1980s, the Navy spent hundreds of millions on remediation work at the base.
August 6th, 2011 | Posted in Of Interest | Read More »
I’ve known this Marine since he was in grade school. He’s married now, father of a young boy, deployed with the Marines in Afghanistan, his unit or the place of deployment in-country are not disclosed for obvious reasons.
July 21st, 2011 | Posted in Military | Read More »
At former MCAS El Toro, the Navy has shown no interest in using ground penetrating technology to locate buried TCE drums.
July 15th, 2011 | Posted in Vet News | Read More »
Over 40,000 civilians have been killed in the drug cartel wars in Mexico. There’s little likelihood that the killings will stop anytime soon.
June 23rd, 2011 | Posted in Military | Read More »
Former CIA Asset Claims U.S. Special Forces Assisted Mexican Soldiers In Assault on Stash Site
June 20th, 2011 | Posted in Military | Read More »
Documentary film of Camp Lejeune’s contaminted water wells as seen through the eyes of a Marine veteran airs in Washington film festival.
June 13th, 2011 | Posted in Editors Picks,Military | Read More »
Korean War and Vietnam War veteran totally disabled. Daughter completes successful VA claim on the first try.
June 10th, 2011 | Posted in Military | Read More »
ATSDR’s health survey will compare two groups from Lejeune and Pendleton, two Superfund sites with expected higher incidences of cancer and other diseases.
May 26th, 2011 | Posted in Military,Support the Troops | Read More »
SALEM, Ore.) – Look for a quick air strike against Muammar Al-Gaddafi. France said they could strike within hours. It’s now dark in Libya, but a daylight attack against his forces appears imminent.
March 18th, 2011 | Posted in Military | Read More »
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