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SPC Casey Ashfield
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Even at our small outpost, we had a burn pit that was lit for 8-10 hours per day. The slight upside was we had local nationals helping out and we had no burn items. Batteries and ammo were the most stringent, although we did accidentally have some instances of 40mm rounds making it to the burn pit. That will clench your third point of contact really fast.

The VA will do just like they did for Agent Orange. Deny and deny. And by the time most of us are passed on, they will admit to a long list of ailments that are service connected. I already know of half dozen people I served with to die from some cancer that had a strong link to burn pits.
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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
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That they are, feel sorry for those that were around them.
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SGM (R) Antonio Brown
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During Desert Shield/Storm we not only dealt with burn pits but also the smoke from the Kuwaiti oil firea crossing over into Iraq. With my pending retirement I am preparing to do battle with the VA.
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SGT Ben Keen
SGT Ben Keen
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That's an interesting point. The registry that the VA opened in 2011 only takes into account those of us that were in or around the burn pits. I haven't seen anything for those service members that fought in Kuwait in the early 90s that had to deal with the oil field fires.
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