The Kevin Lloyd Project

Decorated Marine 🇺🇸
Burn pits → Stage IV cancer ☠️🔥
100% service-connected. He died waiting.
His 3 sons still fighting for the benefits promised to them.

[The Kevin Lloyd Project @KLloydProject]

HOUSTON, TX — the children of a fallen Marine are in desperate need of your help.

Luke, the oldest son of United States Marine Sgt. Kevin Lee Lloyd, who gave his life on 11/9/2025 after 15 years of suffering from burn pit poisoning, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in April 2025 after going into diabetic ketoacidosis and fighting for his life in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Texas Children’s Hospital.

His condition is life-threatening and suspected to be tied to the same toxic exposure that cost his father his life.

Instead of grieving the loss of their father, the Lloyd family has remained in an uphill battle with the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Marine Corps.

132 days following Sgt. Lloyd’s death—and a public statement by @SecNav—there is still no TRICARE, the military health insurance that would provide the insulin pump and continuous glucose monitor that keeps him alive.

Sgt. Lloyd’s death is 100% service-connected. These are benefits his children earned with his life.

This is not a clerical error. Without this coverage, Luke will die.

Luke relies on an OmniPod 5 insulin pump and Dexcom G7 continuous glucose monitor to survive.

The Lloyd family is not going anywhere. This fight is not over. Sgt. Lloyd’s children will not be left behind. @SecNav
Montgomery, TX

#Type1 #TRICARE #VeteranFamilies #Diabetes #VA

[The Kevin Lloyd Project @KLloydProject]

days later, my son is still being denied life-saving medication.

We were denied help because we are not a “nuclear family.”

America deserves to know how veterans’ families are actually treated.

[The Kevin Lloyd Project @KLloydProject]

Our military denied coverage for my son’s insulin. Not just the pump — the insulin itself.

We are sending billions overseas while the child of a fallen Marine is denied the medicine keeping him alive.

Sgt. Kevin Lee Lloyd died on American soil from 100% service-connected cancer caused by burn pit exposure after being ordered into them with 2/3 Fox Company.

They gave us TRICARE. It won’t cover his care.

I spent 141 days at his bedside while he was homeless and dying. It destroyed my ability to work. And still no one cares.

I am begging you — call your representatives. Demand accountability.

Do not let them leave my son behind.

#StandWithSgtLloyd #Veteran #Type1Diabetes #MilitaryFamilies #HealthcareCrisis

[The Kevin Lloyd Project @KLloydProject]

President Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump ,

156 days ago @SECNAV the Secretary of the Navy told the world that Sgt. Kevin Lee Lloyd’s children would be taken care of “without delay.”

Today, his son is being denied insulin. @UnsinkableDolly

Not just the pump.
Not just the supplies.
The insulin.

Is this what “without delay” looks like?

[Pass the Maj Star Act @passmajstaract]

It is time America stepped up and did what’s right for our Combat Wounded Vets! #MajorRichardStarAct

[The Kevin Lloyd Project @KLloydProject]

Gunny Diaz! Come on down!

[Trig @roguecatcop]

@F530Josh @KLloydProject Wonder where he is now? Does he realize what he did? Does he care? Where can we find him? …all questions running through my head.

[Josh Brooks @F530Josh]

My favorite part of the VA discussion tonight is that not even five months ago I watched one of my Marines rapidly develop and get destroyed by rectal cancer that was linked to swimming in burn pits.

He was one of several guys from that deployment that died that way almost twenty years later. Me and the boys are all pretty much waiting our turn at this stage.

We had a company Gunnery Sergeant that was an absolute piece of shit on my first deployment. His hobbies included eating all of the Otis Spunkmeyer muffins, and finding menial and pointless tasks for the Marines to do when they could instead be sleeping.

One of his favorite ways to pass the time was to sit on the hood of his gator inside of FOB Omar while the React Marines police called the burn pit looking for “non-burnables.”

You see, the cool thing about a burn pit is that after a while they just stay on fire, like pretty much forever. They get real soupy in the less hot parts, and you can walk on top of the plastic soup.

Sometimes, lazy Marines will throw pen flares, lithium batteries, SAW drums full of 5.56, and other random fun things in there instead of disposing of them properly. It was easier to toss the shit than it was to deal with Gunny interrogating you on why you needed to get rid of a dead battery.

Most of the time, those things just pop on their own anyways. It’s no big deal, since it’s all just trash and it’s usually sequestered away from sleeping areas.

For Gunny Diaz though, this was unsightly. You could see the “non-burnables” in the burn pit. What if the Battalion Commander, or someone from higher up the chain of command were on the OP when one of those things popped, or worse, what if they saw a radio battery!?

Well, that would bring Gunny Diaz’s reputation as a Company Gunnery Sergeant into question.

Can’t have that.

His solution was pretty simple.

Take the Marines from react, whenever they weren’t busy escorting Iraqis into the OP to get free money from “Captain Tom,” and have them wade into the burn pit to pick out the non-burnables.

Easy.

Gunny got a Navy Commendation Medal.

We all get to have cancer twenty years later.

Fuck you Gunny Diaz. You were and always will be a useless fat piece of shit, undeserving of the 0369 MOS and title of Company Guns.

It wasn’t a very kinetic deployment. It wasn’t just us infantrymen that got to swim in the burning plastics. The cooks got a turn. The comm guys got a turn. The mechanics got a turn.

Everyone got a bit of cancer swimming in.

Great fun for everyone.

Kevin died in November. He left behind a family who was entirely abandoned by the VA once he passed. They haven’t received any of the help his widow was promised.

But yeah, financial Jerry Springer really do be doing the hard hitting investigative journalism on the massive VA fraud numbers.

[The Kevin Lloyd Project @KLloydProject]

@F530Josh @AT3Tactical @FN_America Do you have any pictures with Kev by chance?

[The Kevin Lloyd Project @KLloydProject]

@TigForMayor @TigForMayor How can we support you from Texas?

[MOAA @MilitaryOfficer]

If you support our wounded veterans please support The Major Richard Star Act. This bill would end an unfair pay offset faced by tens of thousands of combat-injured veterans who lose a dollar of retirement pay for every dollar of VA disability compensation. Take action at https://t.co/zEbKVkS9vJ #staract #AdvocacyInAction

[David Warren | Veterans Policy @DavidWarrenVet]

On March 24, 2026, I formally sent letters to
@SVACGOP, @HouseVetAffairs, and @RepLuttrell
urging action on the Major Richard Star Act.

This bill already has the support.

78 Senators.
317 Representatives.
Bipartisan backing.

54,000 combat-injured veterans affected.

Leadership has the authority to move it forward.

Now it’s time to bring it to a vote.

#MajorRichardStarAct #Veterans

[The Kevin Lloyd Project @KLloydProject]

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[The Kevin Lloyd Project @KLloydProject]

Members of Congress, I know many of you support the Major Richard Star Act.

I’m asking you to see what that means for families like mine.

Sgt. Kevin Lee Lloyd died from 100% service-connected cancer caused by burn pit exposure. We have three boys.

His dying wish was to set the final precedent — that what happened to him must never be allowed to happen to another family.

The Secretary of the Navy publicly stated his retirement was granted.
Marine Corps Times reported it as a victory.

But that has not been our reality.

If this Act is supported, families like mine should not still be fighting for what was already earned.

For Sgt. Lloyd. And for every family behind us.

@RepGusBilirakis @RepRaulRuizMD @SenBlumenthal @SenatorTester
@HouseVetAffairs @SenateVA @DeptVetAffairs @DeptofDefense @secnav

#StandWithSgtLloyd #Veteran #MajorRichardStarAct #BurnPits

[The Kevin Lloyd Project @KLloydProject]

Sgt Lloyd is dead because the government valued $30,341 more than the life of a United States Marine. @SECNAV @CMC_MarineCorps

How about funding for treatment for the Veterans dying on American soil because our military poisoned them during OIF& OEF and now they’re dead like Sgt Kevin Lee Lloyd 2/3 Fox Co MCBH who was poisoned by the burn pits after he was ordered to go swimming in the poison by a superior officer because God forbid during the Batallion commander’s visit there couldn’t be any visible non burnables! Why doesn’t his budget include funding for my type 1 diabetic son’s insulin pump? Why doesn’t it include the $7K they owe me in caregiver pay after I relocated our children to care for my EX HUSBAND because he was homeless and terminally ill. Why doesn’t it include paying me back the $2K burial reimbursement after I paid $14K for a funeral for my EX HUSBAND because the Marine Corps poisoned him and everyone else left him behind.

How about funding for medical advocacy for Veterans like Kev who was misdiagnosed by the Marine Corps when he was forced to medically separate right before picking up Staff Sgt E6? Or what about Veterans like Sgt Lloyd who are denied access to treatments and referrals for their cancer even when they’re on community care because the VA knew his cancer was too complicated for them to treat?

Oh! What about funding to investigate why physicians at Michael t hospital in Houston are manipulated and attempted to be coerced onto hospice when they’ve repeatedly stated they wanted aggressive treatment. Or investigation into why when a veteran files a “confidential” report to the VA hotline and then the physician it was written about is allowed to print the “confidential” complaint and go to the veterans bedside to intimidate them ?

@GenFlynn
@jonstewart
@Burnpit360

[House Veterans' Affairs Democrats @VetAffairsDems]

ICYMI: Trump says government should fund one thing: the military. His budget follows through. Massive defense increases send billions to contractors and corporate profits, while cutting healthcare and basic services.
Those dollars don’t go to troops, they go to defense contractors and billionaires.
Veterans and everyone else get cuts.

[The Kevin Lloyd Project @KLloydProject]

Sgt Lloyd is dead because the government valued $30,341 more than the life of a United States Marine

How about funding for treatment for the Veterans dying on American soil because our military poisoned them during OIF& OEF and now they’re dead like Sgt Kevin Lee Lloyd 2/3 Fox Co MCBH who was poisoned by the burn pits after he was ordered to go swimming in the poison by a superior officer because God forbid during the Batallion commander’s visit there couldn’t be any visible non burnables! Why doesn’t his budget include funding for my type 1 diabetic son’s insulin pump? Why doesn’t it include the $7K they owe me in caregiver pay after I relocated our children to care for my EX HUSBAND because he was homeless and terminally ill. Why doesn’t it include paying me back the $2K burial reimbursement after I paid $14K for a funeral for my EX HUSBAND because the Marine Corps poisoned him and everyone else left him behind.

How about funding for medical advocacy for Veterans like Kev who was misdiagnosed by the Marine Corps when he was forced to medically separate right before picking up Staff Sgt E6? Or what about Veterans like Sgt Lloyd who are denied access to treatments and referrals for their cancer even when they’re on community care because the VA knew his cancer was too complicated for them to treat?

Oh! What about funding to investigate why physicians at Michael t hospital in Houston are manipulated and attempted to be coerced onto hospice when they’ve repeatedly stated they wanted aggressive treatment. Or investigation into why when a veteran files a “confidential” report to the VA hotline and then the physician it was written about is allowed to print the “confidential” complaint and go to the veterans bedside to intimidate them ?

[The Kevin Lloyd Project @KLloydProject]

@william_da81241 Thank you so much for helping amplify our voices

[The Kevin Lloyd Project @KLloydProject]

Members of Congress, I know many of you support the Major Richard Star Act.

I’m asking you to see what that means for families like mine.

Sgt. Kevin Lee Lloyd died from 100% service-connected cancer caused by burn pit exposure. We have three boys.

His dying wish was to set the final precedent — that what happened to him must never be allowed to happen to another family.

The Secretary of the Navy publicly stated his retirement was granted.
Marine Corps Times reported it as a victory.

But that has not been our reality.

If this Act is supported, families like mine should not still be fighting for what was already earned.

For Sgt. Lloyd. And for every family behind us.

@RepGusBilirakis @RepRaulRuizMD @SenBlumenthal @SenatorTester
@HouseVetAffairs @SenateVA @DeptVetAffairs @DeptofDefense @secnav

#StandWithSgtLloyd #Veteran #MajorRichardStarAct #BurnPits

[The Kevin Lloyd Project @KLloydProject]

@debbiec61902430 @RepGusBilirakis @RepRaulRuizMD @SenBlumenthal @SenatorTester @HouseVetAffairs @SenateVA @SECNAV @SLOTUS @DavidWarrenVet @F530Josh @US_OGA Thank you!!!

[The Kevin Lloyd Project @KLloydProject]

@andrewsiff Thank you so much. The only thing that will make Congress move to protect our families is public pressure

[David Warren | Veterans Policy @DavidWarrenVet]

389 days waiting. Fewer than 100 legislative days left. ⏰

The Major Richard Star Act has sat idle for over a year in the 119th Congress.

We want a recorded floor vote.

No more delays. No more excuses.

👇 Repost to demand action now.

#MajorRichardStarAct #Veterans

[The Kevin Lloyd Project @KLloydProject]

These are not new benefits. These are what he already earned.

Families like mine should not still be waiting.