Posted on Nov 25, 2023
Concern about military toxic exposure injuries remains high among vets
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Concern about military toxic exposure injuries remains high among vets
By Leo Shane III
Wednesday, Nov 22
A bus arrives at the Raymond G. Murphy VA Medical Center in New Mexico. (Russell Contreras/AP)
Veterans Affairs medical staff say patients continue to report high rates of concern about potential military toxic exposure injuries, underscoring the non-combat dangers faced by troops across different generations of military service.
In November 2022, as part of outreach efforts mandated under the Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act — better known as the PACT Act — VA officials began administering toxic exposure screenings as part of regular veteran health care visits. VA Under Secretary for Health Dr. Shereef Elnahal said this week that the department completed nearly 5 million total screenings in the last year.
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Cpl Vic Burk SGT Charlie Lee] Sgt (Join to see) PV2 Larry Sellnow Maj Kim Patterson] SFC Ralph E Kelley SPC (Join to see) SSG William Jones Maj Ronald Scarpa SSG Paul Endes PO1 Lyndon Thomas CPL Douglas Chrysler SPC (Join to see) PO1 H Gene Lawrence CAPT Kevin M. Mc Guinness Lt Col Charlie Brown PO2 Marco Monsalve SGT Ruben Lozada
Concern about military toxic exposure injuries remains high among vets
By Leo Shane III
Wednesday, Nov 22
A bus arrives at the Raymond G. Murphy VA Medical Center in New Mexico. (Russell Contreras/AP)
Veterans Affairs medical staff say patients continue to report high rates of concern about potential military toxic exposure injuries, underscoring the non-combat dangers faced by troops across different generations of military service.
In November 2022, as part of outreach efforts mandated under the Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act — better known as the PACT Act — VA officials began administering toxic exposure screenings as part of regular veteran health care visits. VA Under Secretary for Health Dr. Shereef Elnahal said this week that the department completed nearly 5 million total screenings in the last year.
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Cpl Vic Burk SGT Charlie Lee] Sgt (Join to see) PV2 Larry Sellnow Maj Kim Patterson] SFC Ralph E Kelley SPC (Join to see) SSG William Jones Maj Ronald Scarpa SSG Paul Endes PO1 Lyndon Thomas CPL Douglas Chrysler SPC (Join to see) PO1 H Gene Lawrence CAPT Kevin M. Mc Guinness Lt Col Charlie Brown PO2 Marco Monsalve SGT Ruben Lozada
Concern about military toxic exposure injuries remains high among vets
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It's 2am in the morning and I'm sound to sleep when the CQ pounds on my door and tells me I have a call on the secure line at the shop. Thankfully the shop is just across the street from the Barracks. So I get up and head over to the shop. The voice on the other end says I need to come out to The HQ site where the search radar is as there has been a mishap. I ask what kind of mishap. The response was they had dropped a TR tube containing CO-60 on the floor and it burst into pieces and they wanted me to come out and clean up the mess. I informed them that they needed to contact their NBC officer to come out to recon the van. Did they do it. My guess is they did not. These are the same people who would keep the power supply drawer to the radar open thus bathing everything inside including themselves with X-Rays. noting like ionizing radiation to keep you warm on a cold German night.
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