'Crickets' coming from Congress in case of injured Marine

In 2017, Sgt. Javier Ortiz, a Marine artilleryman, was deployed to Syria as part of Operation Inherent Resolve to provide fire support for the mission to defeat ISIS. In an exclusive report for The Epoch Times, Ortiz recently told his story in a two-part series.

American Family News spoke to Robert Alvarez, a Marine Corps veteran and founder of Uniformed Services Justice & Advocacy Group (USJAG) – and organization whose primary mission is "to ensure injured active-duty service members are separated with benefits, honors, and dignity intact."

According to the founder, Ortiz has been neglected and unjustly treated by the Marine Corps – and USJAG hopes to right their wrong.

"Javier [Ortiz] was injured while doing his job, using a piece of equipment in the capacity that the military knew was going to injure him," Alvarez explains. "They have had ample evidence about the potential for injury in their possession, including their very own Blast Overpressure Effects report."

For Alvarez, the Corps' response is an admission that "they know they did some of these service members wrong."