The Department of Defense (DoD) is providing this information, at the request of the Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA), to assist the VA in providing healthcare services to qualified veterans and to
assist veterans in establishing service connection for disability claims. The Deployment Health
Support Directorate (DHSD) collected this information from multiple sources and requested that the
military services declassify it to allow its public distribution. The VA accepts this information
provided on location, dates, units and/or ships, and substances involved in this exercise, which
DHSD extracted from classified DoD records, and will provide it to individual veterans as necessary,
but the VA cannot verify its accuracy.
Office of the
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs)
Deployment Health Support Directorate
FACT SHEET
For more information
(703) 578 - 8500
(800) 497 - 6261
Version 06-30-2003
Deseret Test Center
Project SHAD
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Project Shipboard Hazard and Defense (SHAD) was part of the joint service chemical andbiological warfare test program conducted during the 1960s. Project SHAD encompassedtests designed to identify US warships
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The Department of Defense (DoD) is providing this information, at the request of the Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA), to assist the VA in providing healthcare services to qualified veterans and to
assist veterans in establishing service connection for disability claims. The Deployment Health
Support Directorate (DHSD) collected this information from multiple sources and requested that the
military services declassify it to allow its public distribution. The VA accepts this information
provided on location, dates, units and/or ships, and substances involved in this exercise, which
DHSD extracted from classified DoD records, and will provide it to individual veterans as necessary,
but the VA cannot verify its accuracy.
Office of the
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs)
Deployment Health Support Directorate
FACT SHEET
For more information
(703) 578 - 8500
(800) 497 - 6261
Version 06-30-2003
Deseret Test Center
Project SHAD
Half Note
Project Shipboard Hazard and Defense (SHAD) was part of the joint service chemical andbiological warfare test program conducted during the 1960s. Project SHAD encompassedtests designed to identify US warships
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