Burn Pits Claims Against KBR and Halliburton can Continue
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on September 9, 2010 To paraphrase Yogi Berra it’s déjà vu all over again for KBR. By David Isenberg at Huff Post In my Aug. 31 post I wrote about a significant pro-veteran...
View ArticleBarbara Herwaldt CDC on Leishmaniasis in Iraq 2002
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on September 18, 2010 On December 11, 2002 Barbara Herwaldt, a leishmaniasis expert with the CDC spoke before the DOD in reference to leishmaniasis and the soon to be war...
View ArticleMike Behr, Civilian Contractor, KBR, dies in Iraq
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on October 7, 2010 Lewiston Man dies in Iraq Mike Behr Memorial LEWISTON — A 49-year-old Lewiston man has died of an apparent heart attack while working for a civilian...
View ArticleMilitary using potentially harmful methods of burning trash
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on October 15, 2010 Washington (CNN) -- Military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan continue to use waste methods that expose troops to potentially toxic emissions without fully...
View ArticleHow far can you be sent to a Defense Medical Examination?
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on March 29, 2011 Coercion: the act of compelling by force of authority Forcing an Injured Contractor to drive or fly far out their geographic area to go to Defense Medical...
View ArticleWHO Reports Leishmaniasis Outbreaks in Syria
DISEASE OUTBREAK Excerpt from UN Report Rueters Doctors in Aleppo and Deir al-Zor have reported outbreaks of leishmaniasis, an endemic tropical disease transmitted by sand-flies that causes skin ulcers...
View ArticleDan Hoaglands Death Sentence at the Hands of AIG’s Overly Zealous Representation
Injured War Zone Contractor Dan Hoagland shares his story of medical treatment denied by KBR/AIG resulting in a death sentence by Cancer with Sean Calleb. Scott Bloch, Defense Base Act Attorney tells...
View ArticleThe Good Doctor Prevails for Injured Worker
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on January 4, 2011 A Hand for Dr. Woolley This is cross posted from Worker’s Comp Insider by Jon Coppelman For nearly 15 years, beginning in 1990, Bradley Clark was a...
View ArticleYes, AIG, CNA, ACE are Killing You
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on January 7, 2011 AIG, CNA, and ACE are causing your general health to deteriorate with every day that they deny you diagnoses and treatment of PTSD. AIG, CNA, ACE even...
View ArticleAntibiotic cream has high cure rate, few side effects in treating cutaneous...
Contact: Carey Phillips carey.a.phillips@amedd.army.mil 301-619-7056 US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases Fort Detrick, Md. – An international collaboration of researchers from the...
View ArticleCaring for a Loved One with Chronic Pain: The Four Caregiver Cornerstones
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on April 12, 2011 by Lee Woodruff at Huffington Post I’ve written before about the importance of caregivers — the unsung heroes in our midst. No one asks to become a...
View ArticleThe Cost of Combat Stress: a Billion Dollars a Year
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on April 18, 2011 A billion for US Soldiers alone. How much would it be if the Defense Base Act Insurance Carriers were providing the psychological and medical care for...
View ArticleArmy Public Health Command won’t release health studies-or even the titles of...
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on May 16, 2011 By Bryant Furlow on May 15, 2011 Epinewswire The U.S. Army Public Health Command will not disclose epidemiological consultation (EPICON) studies completed...
View ArticleVeterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan have a higher rate of...
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on May 16, 2011 Shirley Wang WSJ May 16, 2011 Veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan have a higher rate of debilitating respiratory illness than those deployed...
View ArticleUS Army misled public about Acinetobacter outbreak’s origins, report shows
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on June 1, 2011 An internal 2005 U.S. Army study reported that improper use of antibiotics and unsanitary conditions at military hospitals contributed to a deadly outbreak...
View ArticleInjured Blackwater Xe war contractor approved for treatment by AIG
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on June 16, 2011 Bravo to Kevin Graman for exposing AIG’s dangerous “risk management” practices. We too hope it is not too late for Jennifer as it has been for so many who...
View ArticleRAND Corporation Launches Contractor Health and Well-being Study
Subject: RAND Corporation Launches Contractor Health and Well-being Study We have removed this post due to it’s failure to include all civilian contractors. You will not know until you get to...
View ArticleGov’t Watchdog Criticizes Pentagon Center for PTSD, Brain Injuries
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on July 11, 2011 By T Christian Miller and Joaquim Sapien at ProPublica July 11, 2011 If you want more explanation about the military’s troubles in treating troops with...
View ArticleDementia Risk Linked to Combat Head Injury, Study Says
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on July 18, 2011 Defense Base Act Insurance Companies CNA and AIG have been extremely negligent in denying Contractors injured in bomb blasts diagnoses and treatment of...
View ArticleShell Shock Lite
On Almost Getting PTSD in Iraq by Jeremiah Goulka Tom’s Dispatch April 16, 2013 To that total, you would have to add American civilian advisors and contractors like Goulka, State Department officials,...
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