At that time, there was no standard of discipline aboard Navy ships. Until 1950, when the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) was established, discipline was very much at the beck and call of the ship's captain, or senior officer at shore installations. The system then was known as "Rocks and Shoals", and the presumption made was guilt and not innocence.

Flogging was banned in 1850, and the maximum punishment allowed was confinement to the brig for a time determined at Captain's Mast, along with dietary restrictions. For more serious offenses, e.g. murder, prisoners were usually confined to the brig until the ship reached U.S. shores and a court martial could be convened.

Until the late 1960's, a lot of convicted Navy personnel were confined to the Portsmouth Naval Prison, Portsmouth, NH. Marine MP's operated the brigs, and they were sadistic, at times. A friend of mine, who's father was stationed at the prison as a Corpsman, was able to get us a tour. The place was like a dungeon, the last place I'd want to be.

When I was in boot camp at Great Lakes, there were prisoners who "enjoyed" the privilege of eating in the mess hall under the watchful eyes of Marine MP's. The prisoners were admonished about any talk. Once, when a prisoner recognized a boot from his hometown, he said "Hello", and that brought the MP's nightstick to his solar plexus.

OK so it used to be when you bought a 2 pound can of coffee Folgers coffee it actually had two pounds of coffee in it which is 32 ounces. Somewhere along the line they reduced that net weight from 32 ounces just 30.5 ounces .Just within the last year they reduced it again from 30.5 ounces to 25.9 ounces which is a 4.6 oz difference . Now none of this would really made a difference if they would have marked it on the can in a print large enough to actually see that they had changed the net weight. The servings per container logo which is 240 cups they kept. The logo claims 240, 6 oz cups and in addition to that they left on the can the suggested measurements which is for one serving 6 oz is one tablespoon and for 10 servings it's 1/2 of measuring cup the problem is there's no way to get the same number of measures from this container because it's shy by 4.6 ounces . I wrote to Folgers and asked him about this discrepancy and I got an e-mail back from this lady who told me that if you're making 10 cup servings of coffee you get the same yield from either container. I don't see any way that that's possible, however, she was kind enough to send me two coupons, each one's worth $5 off on the purchase of more Folgers coffee. Now I will use those coupons but then once that's done I'm gonna change brands I just don't like being lied to. Maybe if you complain she will send you a few coupons as well.

Nope! I am one of those servicemen that were there and exposed to the contamination. I found out about the water contamination issue thru pure happenstance, so I knew about the health risks before the lawsuits became ubiquitous. I also have fellow divers that are experiencing cancers. Unknown whether its linked to Camp Lejune or not. But the military doesn't have a stellar record of responding to veterans needs under these types of circumstances, so it falls to the courts to sort this stuff out. The water contamination occurred over many years, so there were a lot of servicemen exposed. The legal advertisements help bring the word to those that actually need the help. Yes, the law firm may get a 1/3 cut of the recovered proceeds, but that's no different than any other lawsuit that's taken on a contingency basis.