Posted on Jun 25, 2019
Where can you fine information about Purple hearts for nerve agent exposure during Desert Storm?
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I served with the VII CORPS Artillery, 75th Artillery Bde and we were hitting twice.
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SSG Brian Carpenter recommend you read AR600-8-22 dated 2019 para 2-8 in its entirety. If you were slimed by directed enemy action, and you sought medical treatment , you would be eligible. If this was the result of downwind hazard associated with air strikes hitting and releasing NBC agents as an example, then no. Read to the end, there is a one-time procedure if you think your circumstances merit the PH. The burden of proof would be on you in the way of witness statements, official documents etc.
"g. Some examples of injuries which do not justify eligibility for the PH are as follows:
(1) Frostbite (excluding severe frostbite requiring hospitalization from 7 December 1941 to 22 August 1951).
(2) Trench foot or immersion foot.
(3) Heat stroke.
(4) Food poisoning not caused by enemy agents.
(5) Exposure to chemical, biological, or nuclear agents not directly released by the enemy.
(6) Battle fatigue, neuro-psychosis and post-traumatic stress disorders.
(7) Disease not directly caused by enemy agents.
(8)Accidents,toincludeexplosive,aircraft,vehicular,andotheraccidentalwoundingnotrelatedtoorcausedbyenemy
action.
(9) Self-inflicted wounds, except when in the heat of battle and not involving gross negligence.
(10) First degree burns.
(11) Airborne (for example, parachute/jump) injuries not caused by enemy action.
(12) Hearing loss and tinnitus (for example: ringing in the ears, ruptured tympanic membrane).
(13) mTBI that does not result in loss of consciousness or restriction from full duty for a period greater than 48 hours
due to persistent signs, symptoms, or physical finding of impaired brain function.
(14) Abrasions or lacerations (unless of a severity requiring treatment by a medical officer).
(15) Bruises or contusions(unlesscausedbydirectimpactoftheenemyweaponandsevereenoughtorequiretreatment
by a medical officer).
(16) Soft tissue injuries (for example, ligament, tendon or muscle strains, sprains, and so forth).
You may access AR600-8-22 by googling HRC Awards Page. There is a clean link to the AR. For whatever reason APD still had the previous version. SP5 Peter Keane and SGT Christopher Hayden your interpretations of the criteria are off. You may want to look at Para 2-8.
The DoD classified and unclassified position is that there were no chemical attacks, determination by SECDEF Perry and JCS GEN Shalikasvilli. There was a confirmed release of sarin/cyclosarin during a controlled det of 122mm rockets IVO Khamisiyah. There are other incidents of chemical alarms and Fox NBC recon systems detecting trace amounts of a variety of agents. There are also possibilities of false positives. https://www.nonproliferation.org/wp-content/uploads/npr/tucker43.pdf. The question is unresolved. There is also a well documented exposure experienced by 3rd ACR that is believed to be the result of a downwind hazard of An air strike on a chemical weapon facility. I don't know if they resolved that.
"g. Some examples of injuries which do not justify eligibility for the PH are as follows:
(1) Frostbite (excluding severe frostbite requiring hospitalization from 7 December 1941 to 22 August 1951).
(2) Trench foot or immersion foot.
(3) Heat stroke.
(4) Food poisoning not caused by enemy agents.
(5) Exposure to chemical, biological, or nuclear agents not directly released by the enemy.
(6) Battle fatigue, neuro-psychosis and post-traumatic stress disorders.
(7) Disease not directly caused by enemy agents.
(8)Accidents,toincludeexplosive,aircraft,vehicular,andotheraccidentalwoundingnotrelatedtoorcausedbyenemy
action.
(9) Self-inflicted wounds, except when in the heat of battle and not involving gross negligence.
(10) First degree burns.
(11) Airborne (for example, parachute/jump) injuries not caused by enemy action.
(12) Hearing loss and tinnitus (for example: ringing in the ears, ruptured tympanic membrane).
(13) mTBI that does not result in loss of consciousness or restriction from full duty for a period greater than 48 hours
due to persistent signs, symptoms, or physical finding of impaired brain function.
(14) Abrasions or lacerations (unless of a severity requiring treatment by a medical officer).
(15) Bruises or contusions(unlesscausedbydirectimpactoftheenemyweaponandsevereenoughtorequiretreatment
by a medical officer).
(16) Soft tissue injuries (for example, ligament, tendon or muscle strains, sprains, and so forth).
You may access AR600-8-22 by googling HRC Awards Page. There is a clean link to the AR. For whatever reason APD still had the previous version. SP5 Peter Keane and SGT Christopher Hayden your interpretations of the criteria are off. You may want to look at Para 2-8.
The DoD classified and unclassified position is that there were no chemical attacks, determination by SECDEF Perry and JCS GEN Shalikasvilli. There was a confirmed release of sarin/cyclosarin during a controlled det of 122mm rockets IVO Khamisiyah. There are other incidents of chemical alarms and Fox NBC recon systems detecting trace amounts of a variety of agents. There are also possibilities of false positives. https://www.nonproliferation.org/wp-content/uploads/npr/tucker43.pdf. The question is unresolved. There is also a well documented exposure experienced by 3rd ACR that is believed to be the result of a downwind hazard of An air strike on a chemical weapon facility. I don't know if they resolved that.
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LTC Jason Mackay
Defense.gov News Article: DoD Says 98,910 Exposed to Low Levels of Nerve Agent
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Has anyone been asked to prove their exposure to chemical warfare to get a Purple Heart? |...
Recently was email this information concerning the Purple Heart award, any additional information.
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LTC Jason Mackay
SSG Carlos Madden there was one documented case I can remember where 1st Cav soldiers hit an IED that contained a 155mm Sarin round. It happened in 2005. It was Reported in the NYT. Meeting the direct enemy use of the weapon criteria.
There are accounts coming to light of EOD personnel being exposed to chemical agents while disposing of randomly dumped piles of enemy munitions during OIF.
There are accounts coming to light of EOD personnel being exposed to chemical agents while disposing of randomly dumped piles of enemy munitions during OIF.
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LTC Jason Mackay
SSG Carlos Madden the date range in the memo in the pictures is from OIF and not ODS.
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LTC Jason Mackay
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If you mean nerve agents, the answer is no. Must be wounded in action. That does not include inhaling chemicals.
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LTC Jason Mackay
Actually it does, if it were a directed enemy release vice exposure from friendly actions
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SP5 Peter Keane
Only if injured by it. He is asking about something from 1991, not likely he was injured or able to have it retroactively awarded.
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LTC Jason Mackay
SP5 Peter Keane - you said it doesn't include inhaling chemicals. Must be wounded. Yes you must have been injured and sought treatment, that's in the regulation. So is this:
"f. Some examples of enemy-related actions which justify eligibility for the PH are as follows:
(1) Injury caused by enemy bullet, shrapnel, or other projectile created by enemy action.
(2) Injury caused by enemy emplaced trap, mine or other improvised explosive device.
(3) Injury caused by chemical, biological, or nuclear agent released by the enemy.
(4) Injury caused by vehicle or aircraft accident resulting from enemy fire.
(5) Smoke inhalation injuries from enemy actions that result in burns to the respiratory tract.
(6) Concussions (and/or mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI)) caused as a result of enemy-generated explosions that
result in either loss of consciousness or restriction from full duty due to persistent signs, symptoms, or clinical finding, or impaired brain function for a period greater than 48 hours from the time of the concussive incident. Refer to paragraph 2– 8l for additional information."
The crux of the criteria is whether or not it was a direct action by the enemy as opposed to say exposure from collateral damage or negligence by the soldier.
"f. Some examples of enemy-related actions which justify eligibility for the PH are as follows:
(1) Injury caused by enemy bullet, shrapnel, or other projectile created by enemy action.
(2) Injury caused by enemy emplaced trap, mine or other improvised explosive device.
(3) Injury caused by chemical, biological, or nuclear agent released by the enemy.
(4) Injury caused by vehicle or aircraft accident resulting from enemy fire.
(5) Smoke inhalation injuries from enemy actions that result in burns to the respiratory tract.
(6) Concussions (and/or mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI)) caused as a result of enemy-generated explosions that
result in either loss of consciousness or restriction from full duty due to persistent signs, symptoms, or clinical finding, or impaired brain function for a period greater than 48 hours from the time of the concussive incident. Refer to paragraph 2– 8l for additional information."
The crux of the criteria is whether or not it was a direct action by the enemy as opposed to say exposure from collateral damage or negligence by the soldier.
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