Airborne hazards and open burn pit registry

SSG John Bacon — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 11:49:29 -0400

ALCON, I got this today in my inbox at work. I filled out the registry information in about an hour you may have to fix your deployment dates because mine were all screwed up.

ALARACT 216/2014 directs 100% contact with unit personnel to inform about the VA Burn Bit Registry. Please distro through USASOC-DL:

USASOC Service Members and Veterans,

The Department of Veterans Affairs has recently established an Airborne Hazards and Burn Pit Registry. Registry participation is open to any veteran or service member who served in Afghanistan, Iraq, or in Djibouti, Africa, After 11 September 2001, or operations DESERT SHIELD or DESERT STORM or the southwest Asia theater of operations after 2 August 1990. Locations include: Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, waters of the Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea, and the Red Sea, and the airspace above these locations.

Participation in the registry is voluntary. The Registry will allow Soldiers to become more aware of their Individual health and to receive information about ongoing health studies and VA services. Participants may request a voluntary medical evaluation in which to discuss their completed questionnaire with their health provider. The medical evaluation is not required to be in the registry. In addition, other benefits include helping the Department Of Veterans Affairs learn more about the potential health effects of exposure to burn pits and other airborne hazards.

Detailed guidance for obtaining a no cost medical evaluation can be found on the registry website.

https://veteran.mobilehealth.va.gov/AHBurnPitRegistry/#page/home

v/r
HUGH H. BAILEY
LTC, MS
USASOC Command ESEO

please also take a look at this

http://www.motleyrice.com/occupational-disease/burn-pit-litigation

Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry

The Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry requires a common web browser technology to guide you through the registry questionnaire. You may try a different browser, or you may try from a different computer. You may also see this problem if you are in a high security environment where this is disabled by a network policy.

Response by 1SG Steven Stankovich made Sep 11 at 2014 2:23 PM

1SG Steven Stankovich — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 14:23:16 -0400

Thanks for sharing this on this forum SSG John Bacon. I also received this today and it is passing around the various social media outlets. I think that it is important for those of us served in one or more of these areas register. It could be something that assists in the future. Again, thanks for sharing.

Response by SGT Ben Keen made Sep 12 at 2014 8:51 AM

SGT Ben Keen — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 08:51:29 -0400

Are active duty members just now learning about this?!?! I enrolled a few months ago. Every Service Member that has served in support of Post 9/11 Operations needs to get online and complete the sign up. There is no telling what can or may happen to us 5, 10, 15 years from now.

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 20 at 2021 8:45 PM

1SG Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 20 Mar 2021 20:45:10 -0400

But now, https://khn.org/news/article/military-veteran-toxic-exposure-burn-pits-health-care-benefits-lung-disease/
It is just a give and take, right? Are these entities ever going to speak to each other? Or is this a faulty news article?
True, the link to the burn pit registry is so mired with errors and so many questions that, you may have to restart it several times. It aches just to access the site.

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