Army Seeks To Identify Troops, Veterans Exposed To Chemical Weapons

[kevin4998]

Well this is interesting and maybe a game changer for allot of people.

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2015/04/03/army-seeks-to-identify-troops-veterans-exposed-to-chemical.html

[Notorious Kelly]

Good find, Kevin!

[georgiapapa]

Kevin,

Excellent post. Hopefully, more vets who were exposed to chemical agents will receive the benefits they deserve.

GP

[Vync]

Nice of them to finally decide to do this after how many years?

[georgiapapa]

Vync,

This is SOP for the military. Look at how many years (decades) went by before they finally decided to do something about Agent Orange exposure by Vietnam veterans. Another example is the exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune by Marines and their families from the 1950s to the 1980s. The longer they wait to acknowledge the exposure and disabilities caused by the exposure, the fewer the claims because a large portion of those exposed will be dead and not able to file claims. Disgraceful conduct by our government over and over. JMO

GP

[63SIERRA]

its all horseshit people, they only want to see how the chemical agents affected those exposed. . the purple heart and benefits is all bullshit. all they want is data. That type of information is quite important and knowing the long term effects. NOBODY at my VAMC ever mentions gulf war ilness, and if I bring it up, it is ignored..

Also with the agent orange, they didnt start acknowledging it voulentarily, NVLSP sued them, and forced the bastards to acknowlege it.

[63SIERRA]

since when does the active army component get involved with discharged veterans 20 years later??

I think they are worried abt getting hit by the terrorist and want to learn more abt the effects..

Nothing to do with helping vets at all.

Those units are identified in guidance issued March 20 by Under Secretary Brad Carson where he details the Army's plan to locate active-duty members and veterans of all branches who may need medical support and, in some cases, receive the Purple Heart.

The four goals of the Army's review are to "identify, contact and evaluate service members and veterans" who might have been exposed; offer a medical exam to those individuals; document the results in the "individual service treatment records and pass to the Department of Veterans Affairs; and "consider appropriate recognition for [those] with injuries," Carson states.

what damned audacity these scoundrels have.. they deny, ignore, lie , manipulate data, decieve, and now they decide they want to see how the guinne pig is suffering,how many have died, ect, so they pull out this " new "' survey, under the guise of helping the veteran.

Edited April 5, 2015 by 63SIERRA