MSG Steve Cardwell 7898066 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>For medics that served in the Sinai Peninsula as part of the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO), sanitation was part of our daily duties, this required us to burn human waste and trash using gas and diesel in burn pits at each Outpost (OP). 2022-09-26T20:19:06-04:00 MSG Steve Cardwell 7898066

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>For medics that served in the Sinai Peninsula as part of the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO), sanitation was part of our daily duties, this required us to burn human waste and trash using gas and diesel in burn pits at each Outpost (OP).

2022-09-26T20:19:06-04:00 2022-09-26T20:19:06-04:00 SGT Private RallyPoint Member 7898074

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Contact one of these three gentlemen... they are very knowledgeable in Military related questions/issues.<br />

2022-09-26T20:25:19-04:00 2022-09-26T20:25:19-04:00 COL Randall C. 7898103

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Short answer - Yes.<br /><br />Egypt (Sinai Peninsula) has been part of the VA burn pit registry since it went live and is covered under the new Pact Act. If you served in the Sinai after 11 SEP 01, then you have a presumption of exposure to burn pits and other toxic fumes.<br /><br />If you have an ongoing illness, consult the Pact Act presumptive conditions.<br /><a target="_blank" href="https://www.va.gov/resources/the-pact-act-and-your-va-benefits/#gulf-war-era-and-post-911-vete">https://www.va.gov/resources/the-pact-act-and-your-va-benefits/#gulf-war-era-and-post-911-vete</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/743/701/qrc/open-uri20220927-3520-1scovzd"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="https://www.va.gov/resources/the-pact-act-and-your-va-benefits/#gulf-war-era-and-post-911-vete">VA.gov | Veterans Affairs</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description"></p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div>

2022-09-26T20:53:11-04:00 2022-09-26T20:53:11-04:00 MAJ Ronnie Reams 7899400

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Why would medics do this? In the Nam, either our house boys did it or extra duty for article 15.

2022-09-27T11:58:18-04:00 2022-09-27T11:58:18-04:00 SGT Jose Maldonado 8295402

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>What about in year 1987-1988. Sinai Egypt. Multinational &amp; Observers. Burn pits. We had burn our own on site at the towers while on duty. We would have to wear a hander kerchief over our faces when it got so bad and the wind blew in the direction of the tower. The whole shift. We had to deal with crazy heat in the 100&#39;s and this smoke.

2023-05-24T00:33:16-04:00 2023-05-24T00:33:16-04:00 PVT Frank Brown 8638483

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I was in the second unit when it first started 101st HHC1/502. I ask about burning human waste recently and I got a big NO. Guess we weren’t part of the in crowd as far as burn pits

2024-01-25T13:33:48-05:00 2024-01-25T13:33:48-05:00 PVT Frank Brown 8706952

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I wasn’t a medic but infantry. We did the same. I’m thinking at time or 2 we used jet fuel. I’m working in disability from there after falling off the tank on the island

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