Circulate To All

[allan]

fwd from Tom Trefts

DSNurse@aol.com wrote:

From: DSNurse@aol.com

Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 06:15:45 EDT

Subject: CIRCULATE TO ALL

To: tomcat6169@yahoo.com

Dear Gulf War veterans, Family members, Supporters and Medical Personnel,

There are several meetings coming up of critical importance and we need people to come!

There is also a website that all should know about and utlize. WE have been trying to collect all the obituaries we can find to honor the gulf war veterans that came home in 90-91 and are ill and to draw attention to the problems of health that we face. By keeping an eye on data from obits we can also examine problems that have not been addressed by the RAC and researchers, it serves as clues to be brought forward to be investigated. We want this information out and fully available not only to look at for clues, to alert medical professionals of other areas to be monitoring the gulf war vets(90-91) actively, and to provide knowledge to our veterans and their families and to the survivors. YOU ARE NOT ALONE!

You can help by sending in obits you find in your papers in your area. You can help by getting the website known to other veterans, medical personnel, and Researchers. I believe this is showing what many of us have known that this is real! The gulf war veterans are very physically ill and are dying too early in life. WE need our nation's attention. WE need our Doctors and medical professionals attention. We need our researchers full efforts to find answers to help. We need medical professionals both military, VA and civilians to be fully aware of all facts and statistics. WE need them to think outside the box and reach out to help us. WE need them to consider other diagnostic steps to take and what coud help us. WE need the medical professionals also educate and informed more openly than has been occurring. WE need to look at alternatives which includes vitamin and nutritional supplements that could be helpful.

WE need help now!

WE need your input and communications! WE need the veterans to speak up what has happenned to you in clinical care what would have helped from your perspective. We need to know also about any benefit problems. WE need the families and survivors of those that are ill or have died to send in info. I will gladly help to be sure the info gets there. You may want to send in info as soon as we have details on how the committee wants that done. But I would encourage sending a copy to me because I am looking to present suggestions for how things can be made better by using everyone experience and I will be sure that the committee does pay attention and not just loose the input in a black box that we all wonder what happens to that flow of information that is never made public.

I can be reached at DSNurse1@yahoo.com or by phone 303-422-2962(H) and always available by 303-726-0738(cell).

Here is the other specific information:

Review honorthenames.com for list of gulf war obits that we are collecting we have 2,500

MY NEW EMAIL is DSNurse1@yahoo.com

I am going to ask veterans to help in a very specific request.

The gulf war veterans have pushed and gotten a Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War illness and the work they are doing is helping. Their next meeting is Sept 15-16 in Washington DC. Their next big report will be released in DC at the VA headquarters on September 16th! We need all veterans notified! WE need a huge attendance inside and outside of the meeting!

Inside you will hear the details of the work that has been ongoing since 2002. The first report was in November 2004 and this report coming will truly be significant!

We need all veterans to be notified this will be OPEN MEETING.

WE Need veterans on the outside to carry posters like GULF WAR VETERANS NEED HELP NOW! GULF WAR VETERANS DO NOT HAVE STRESS BUT EXPOSURES AFFECTING THEIR HEALTH.

WE truly need everyone's help NOW.

Their website is http://www1.va.gov/rac-gwvi/

Email me if you need more info DSNurse1@yahoo.com

WE need our vietnam veterans help! Can you make it happen?

WE need our gulf war veterans to get out of their bunkers!

We also have a new committee under the VA that will meet in DC on June 17-19. See the federal registry notice at end of posting for details!!!!!

WE NEED GULF WAR VETERANS TO BE THERE--------WE need family members----------WE need Vietnam Veterans........WE need all supporters

SO WE need all to be aware of these two meeting DATES and help us get the information to all veterans. Both meeting are in WASHINGTON DC ! If you are coming please let us know...email me DSNurse1@yahoo.com or call me(303-422-2962 0r 303-726-0738)! WE can share room costs, look out for each other, get there together etc.....

VA Names Members of Gulf War Veterans Advisory CommitteeMay 13, 2008

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Printable Version)

Secretary Peake to Hear Their Concerns, Issues

WASHINGTON -- Veterans who served in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during 1990â€"1991 will have their own special advocates before Secretary of Veterans Affairs Dr. James B. Peake, thanks to a new advisory committee Peake established to respond to issues unique to them.

The 14-member, independent panel will advise the Secretary and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on the full range of health care and benefits needs of those who served in the conflict.

“Gulf War veterans made an invaluable contribution to national security and peace in a volatile region,†Peake said. “This new panel will ensure that VA benefits and programs adapt to the needs of these veterans, just as our services have adapted for veterans of other conflicts.â€

Serving on the committee are Gulf War and other veterans, veterans service organizations’ representatives, medical experts, and the survivors of Gulf War veterans. Members were selected to provide a variety of perspectives, experiences and expertise.

The committee will be chaired by Charles Cragin, a retired Navy captain, who has had several senior level positions within the federal government, including Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness and Chairman of VA’s Board of Veterans’ Appeals.

In January 2002, the Department created an advisory committee to assist VA’s secretary on research into the medical problems of Gulf War veterans. That older committee will retain responsibility for research involving veterans of the 1990-1991 conflict in the Middle East .

This committee’s first meeting will be held in mid-June in Washington , D.C. It is expected to complete its work within 18 months. Committee meetings will be open to the public.

A list of the members of VA’s Gulf War Advisory Committee is attached.

Membership

VA Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans

Charles Cragin, (Chair) of Raymond , Maine . Currently serves a senior counselor for Maine Street Solutions, LLC.

Martha Douthit of Ashburn , Va. Surviving spouse of Gulf War Army veteran, member of the Gold Star Wives of America, currently an international trade analyst with the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Dr. Henry Falk of Atlanta . Retired rear admiral and former Assistant U.S. Surgeon General. Currently director for the Coordinating Center for Environmental Health and Injury Prevention with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Mark Garner of Lorton , Va. A retired Marine Corps chief warrant officer-three and Gulf War veteran who served as a Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Defense Officer.

Dr. Lynn Goldman of Chevy Chase , Md. Vice chair of the Institute of Medicine Gulf War and Health Study; currently professor of environmental health sciences at Johns Hopkins University .

Dr. John Hart of Plano , Texas . Past president of the Society for Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology, currently professor of neurology and psychiatry at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.

William (Rusty) Jones of South Riding, Va. Retired Marine Corps colonel, and veteran of Gulf War and Vietnam War.

Kirt Love of Crawford , Texas . An Army veteran of the Gulf War, currently serving as director of the Desert Storm Battle Registry.

Daniel Ortiz of Whittier , Calif. An Army veteran of the Gulf War, currently serving as department service director with the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Daniel Pinedo of Oceanside , Calif. Marine Corps colonel currently serving as the comptroller for First Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Pendleton , Calif.

Thomas Plewes of Annandale , Va. A retired Army lieutenant general and former chief of the Army Reserve. Currently a senior program officer with National Academy of Sciences.

Valerie Randall of Savage, Md. A retired Army sergeant first class; currently with the Department of Homeland Security.

Edward (Randy) Reese of Washington , D.C. An Army veteran of the Gulf War; currently national service director for the Disabled American Veterans.

Steve Robertson of Fredericksburg , Va. A Gulf War veteran who served both in the Air Force and Army National Guard. Currently director of the national legislative commission for The American Legion.

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http://www1.va.gov/advisory/docs/CharterGu...ns4-24-2008.pdf

URGENT NEW COMMITTEE STARTS MEETING::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans; Notice of Meeting

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans will hold its first meeting on June 17-19, 2008 at The Hamilton Crowne Plaza, 1001 14th Street, NW., Washington, DC. The session on June 17 will begin at 1 p.m. and end at 4 p.m. On June 18 and 19, the sessions will begin at 9 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. The meeting is open to the public.

The purpose of the Committee is to provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on issues that are unique to veterans who served in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during the 1990-1991 period of the Gulf War.

At the meeting, there will be presentations and discussion from the Veterans Benefits Administration, Veterans Health Administration, National Cemetery Administration, and the Board of Veterans' Appeals. There will also be discussion of upcoming Committee activities.

The meeting will include time reserved for public comments. Individuals wishing to speak must register not later than June 10, 2008, by contacting Lelia Jackson at (202) 461-5758 or by e-mail at lelia.jackson@..., and by submitting 1-2 page summaries of their comments for inclusion in the official record. Public comments will be limited to five minutes each. Members of the public may also submit written statements for the Committee's review to the Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420. Public comments will be received on June 18 at 2:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. and on June 19 at 3:30 p.m.-4 p.m. A sign-in sheet will be available each day.

Any member of the public seeking additional information should contact Laura O'Shea, Designated Federal Officer, at (202) 461-5765.

Dated: May 27, 2008.

By Direction of the Secretary.

E. Philip Riggin,

Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. E8-12238 Filed 6-2-08; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8320-01-M

Thomas W. Trefts

Director of The Unified Veterans Coalition

http://xsorbit27.com/users5/unifiedveteranscoalition/index.php

[Ricky]

Allan - thanks for the post. My wife and I try to stay on top of these issues for we have a child that was born 9 mos after my return. She was 3 months premature, weighed 1 pound 10 ounces and suffers from spinal bifida. I was all over that stinking place (iraq/kuwait) and at camp doha when the 11th ACR blew it to bits. We sucked up DU daily during the clean up process not to mention while roaming the country side. Oh and don't forget the damn slimy smoke from them 4 dollar per gallon oil wells and that yellow stuff mad man left behind in those turned over 50 gallon drums at the kuwaitt chemical schools.

[allan]

bio-toxins? what bio-toxins?

I beleave much of our enviromental exposures start right in basic training with expermental vaccines and adjuvents. By the time you throw in dioxins, fuels, bioweapons, asbestos, and radiation, it's no wonder we are so sick and pass it on to our children.

[jagmedic]

dealing with the VA for us with chronic multisympthom illness.

What problems are we still having with medical care,

transportations, claims filing, voc-rehab or VA loans.

Please write to "Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans"

810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420

ATTN:Laura O'Shea, at (202) 461-5765

Now, my rub comes with regard to ordinary Americans who seem oblivious, uninformed, an attitude of "let someone else do it", or just plain willing to sit by and allow our nation, our troops, our fallen to be denigrated, physically desecrated, and generally dishonored.

It is useful to write letters to elected officials, send email to leadership, even fax our leaders, make phone calls, sign petitions, and other forms of communications, but you know what? They don't pay attention to these impersonal means of protest........veterans needs to come to the recognition that we must sound the alarm, rise off the couch, put our boots on, and meet those that have a goal of America's destruction face to face, head -on. It's one thing to voice a position but the tactic that works is "boots on the ground"...we must show up, stand shoulder to shoulder.

Now you see why 41 cents is the best method to communicate.

dc_medic