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Amelia Lara spent over two decades in the Marines serving as a Military Police Officer, Criminal Investigator and was part of their boxing team. During her early career, she was stationed at Camp LeJeune and became one of over 500,000 servicemembers with catastrophic health issues from contaminated water.
We discuss her journey into the Military, war and mental health, Marines Law enforcement, some of her career cases, her terminal cancer diagnosis, her fight for proactive change and so much more.
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