Five more areas of conflict have been added to acknowledge the exposure and treatment to Agent Orange as well as services for Gulf War Burn Pit victims. They have expanded services for military ...

Letter writers discuss veterans health care services, Rep. Rob Wittman’s telephone town halls, and the United States becoming ...

Rubaii said more research should be conducted on the long-term health effects of war exposure, especially in U.S. troops, and she suggested that a database kept by the nonprofit group Burn Pits ...

as well as a new benefit from a 2022 toxic exposure law known as the PACT Act. The law is intended to help veterans exposed to the military’s use of open-air burn pits in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Last month, the Trump administration posted a celebratory press release announcing the Environmental Protection Agency’s fourth round of cuts during President Donald Trump’s second term, part of EPA ...

As Washington refocuses on the issue of burn pits—waste fires used extensively in Afghanistan and Iraq which emitted toxic smoke that later sickened troops—Military Times is republishing our ...

Ending the PACT Act in 2026 will affect veterans suffering from chronic issues due to toxic burn pit exposure. It is time to recognize the negative perception of veteran entitlement by the ...

In Alliance, the fire department is cautioning residents who have open pit fires that they may need to have a permit. “In an open burn, you would need the approval of the [authority having ...

WELL, YEARS AFTER THEIR SERVICE IN AFGHANISTAN AND IN IRAQ, FORMER SOLDIERS ARE STILL EXPERIENCING EFFECTS OF THE BURN PITS THERE. BUT AN UPSTATE VETERAN SAYS THERE IS ONE GROUP OF SERVICE MEMBERS ...