WAR HAZARD RECOVERY: The Top Secret Cost of the Iraq and Afghnanistan Wars
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on August 10, 2010 $8 Trillion for Iraq and Afghanistan Wars does not include Veterans or Contractors Care Contractors currently outnumber troops on both fronts with more...
View Article“Wikipedia Journalism” Can be Contagious
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on September 8, 2010 Many Injured Contractors were repatriated via the Military Medical Evacuation System which was/is badly contaminated with Multi Drug Resistant...
View ArticleBurn Pits Claims Against KBR and Halliburton can Continue
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on September 9, 2010 To paraphrase Yogi Berra it’s déjà vu all over again for KBR. By David Isenberg at Huff Post In my Aug. 31 post I wrote about a significant pro-veteran...
View ArticleBarbara Herwaldt CDC on Leishmaniasis in Iraq 2002
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on September 18, 2010 On December 11, 2002 Barbara Herwaldt, a leishmaniasis expert with the CDC spoke before the DOD in reference to leishmaniasis and the soon to be war...
View ArticleS.C. veterans and contractors can proceed with lawsuit over Iraq, Afghanistan...
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on October 4, 2010 More than a dozen South Carolina veterans and defense contractors who allege their exposure to noxious fumes from burning waste dumps in Iraq and...
View ArticleMilitary using potentially harmful methods of burning trash
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on October 15, 2010 Washington (CNN) -- Military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan continue to use waste methods that expose troops to potentially toxic emissions without fully...
View ArticleSenator Byron Dorgan Says DoD Response Still Falls Short on Sodium dichromate...
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on October 22, 2010 DORGAN: DOD IG REPORT CONFIRMS PENTAGON DROPPED THE BALL ON CHEMICAL EXPOSURE OF U.S. TROOPS IN IRAQ See the video here Read the IG Report here FOR...
View ArticleProPublica Furious Growth and Cost Cuts Led to BP Accidents Past and Present
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on October 26, 2010 This is OT but there are so many similarities regarding Cover Ups and Safety and Compensation issues here not too mention that ProPublica deserves...
View ArticleWhat KBR really knew about the chemicals at Qarmat Ali
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on March 18, 2011 Thanks to MsSparky for letting us crosspost p In the ongoing legal battle being waged by several State National Guard Units, this video is pretty typical...
View ArticleDefense Base Act Coverage for US Government Contractors Working in Japan
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on March 25, 2011 OWCP News Release March 24, 2011 In the aftermath of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan on March 11, 2011, various agencies of the United...
View ArticleArmy Public Health Command won’t release health studies-or even the titles of...
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on May 16, 2011 By Bryant Furlow on May 15, 2011 Epinewswire The U.S. Army Public Health Command will not disclose epidemiological consultation (EPICON) studies completed...
View ArticleVeterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan have a higher rate of...
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on May 16, 2011 Shirley Wang WSJ May 16, 2011 Veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan have a higher rate of debilitating respiratory illness than those deployed...
View ArticleSenators Press for Burn Pit Updates from the Military
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on May 18, 2011 TAMPA BAY ONLINE May 18, 2011 Armed with a new study showing military personnel deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq are eight times more likely to suffer...
View ArticleUS Army misled public about Acinetobacter outbreak’s origins, report shows
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on June 1, 2011 An internal 2005 U.S. Army study reported that improper use of antibiotics and unsanitary conditions at military hospitals contributed to a deadly outbreak...
View ArticleGovernment says KBR failed to make valid claim, asks judge to dismiss...
by Mike Francis, The Oregonian March 18, 2013 The federal government should not be ordered to reimburse KBR Inc. for the costs the contractor has incurred for defending itself in lawsuits brought by...
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