Did Someone From The DoD Finally Wake Up?

[unhappycamper]

unhappycamper note: Since the ‘Pentagon’ (DoD? Gannett?) has ‘requested’ that I only post one paragraph from articles on Army Times, and Airforce Times, To keep in that same (new) tradition, I will also do the same for for articles on Navy Times, Marine Corps Times, stripes.com and military.com.
To read the article in the military's own words, you will need to click the link.

Read all about Fair Use here. It sure is beginning to smell like fascism.

unhappycamper summary of this article: Arsenic at 10 parts per million, Chromium at 52 parts per million, Lead at 138 parts per million, Nickel at 562 parts per million, Cobalt at 10 parts per million, Strontium at 2,700 parts per million, Tin at 8 parts per million, Vanadium at 49 parts per million, Zinc at 206 parts per million, Manganese at 352 parts per million, Barium at 463 parts per million, Aluminum at 7,521 parts per million - ain't Empire a wonderful thing?
:sarcasm:






Builder 2nd Class Eric Clark, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5, is caught in a sandstorm May 4 at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan. A Navy study suggests that dust from Afghanistan contains metals that may cause respiratory problems and brain damage.


Iraq, Kuwait dust may carry dangerous elements
By Kelly Kennedy - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Dec 8, 2010 6:01:07 EST

A recent Military Times analysis of military health data from 2001 to 2009 showed the rate of respiratory issues among active-duty troops rose by 32 percent; cardiovascular disease rose 30 percent; pregnancy and birth complications were up 47 percent; and neurological conditions, such as multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease, were up nearly 200 percent.

[democrank]

1. K & R for the troops

[Oceansaway]

2. K&R...n/t

[Octafish]

3. Empires don't give a fig for the Troops or Civilians or Taxpayers or any figging body.

OFU = One Fodder Unit

[formercia]

4. Family Values

fodder unit
derogatory term for a serving member of the armed forces, used in the Bush family between Jeb & Dubya after the term was originally coined by their father George H W Bush.
Jeb: Lucky you dodged out of Vietnam in that champagne squadron bro'
Dubya:Sure, not like those dumb fodder units in Iraq.
Both:HAHAHAHAHA!

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fodder%20unit

[JackintheGreen]

5. But...but...but

America was never imperialistic. (say some people here)