As Washington refocuses on the issue of burn pits—waste fires used extensively in Afghanistan and Iraq which emitted toxic smoke that later sickened troops—Military Times is republishing our ...
The controversial fund was meant to allot $22.8 billion to cover expanded benefits for former service members sickened by military toxic exposures — including burn pit smoke and Agent Orange water ...
Burn pits were used by the United States military to dispose of rubbish including chemicals, plastics, rubber, munitions and human and medical waste. Former US president Joe Biden has long ...
ANGELIQUE DONNELLAN: The US operated more than 200 open air pits on its military bases across Iraq and Afghanistan to burn waste. Former US Secretary of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs Dr ...
Democratic lawmakers and veterans’ groups are fuming over a provision in the stopgap federal spending bill passed by lawmakers this week. The provision would cut a Department of Veteran Affairs ...
The controversial fund was meant to allot $22.8 billion to cover expanded benefits for former service members sickened by military toxic exposures — including burn pit smoke and Agent Orange ...