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 ...

I want to try to encourage people to go and try challenges like this — not to let their disabilities or illnesses limit them, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Association of War Zone Contractors is a first-of-its-kind for civilian contractors to get the help they need.