Where can you fine information about Purple hearts for nerve agent exposure during Desert Storm?

2019-06-25T13:52:27-04:00

I served with the VII CORPS Artillery, 75th Artillery Bde and we were hitting twice.

Response by SP5 Peter Keane made Jun 25 at 2019 2:08 PM

2019-06-25T14:08:16-04:00

If you mean nerve agents, the answer is no. Must be wounded in action. That does not include inhaling chemicals.

Response by SGT Christopher Hayden made Jun 25 at 2019 2:58 PM

2019-06-25T14:58:38-04:00

Where you injured? Where you treated for any injury? If not, then you wouldn't rate a PH just for getting gassed.

Response by LTC Jason Mackay made Jun 25 at 2019 3:14 PM

2019-06-25T15:14:33-04:00

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.

tucker43.pdf.

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Where can you fine information about Purple hearts for nerve agent exposure during Desert Storm?

Where can you fine information about Purple hearts for nerve agent exposure during Desert Storm?

Response by SP5 Peter Keane made Jun 25 at 2019 2:08 PM

Response by SGT Christopher Hayden made Jun 25 at 2019 2:58 PM

Response by LTC Jason Mackay made Jun 25 at 2019 3:14 PM

Response by SSG Carlos Madden made Jun 25 at 2019 5:19 PM