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Balad was the central logistical hub for coalition forces in Iraq. Joint Base Balad also hosted a Level I trauma center Air Force Theater Hospital which boasted a 98% survival rate for wounded Americans and Iraqis. [5] It housed 28,000 military personnel and 8,000 civilian contractors.
Map of major U.S. military bases in Iraq and the number of soldiers stationed there (2007) The United States Department of Defense continues to have a large number of temporary military bases in Iraq, most a type of forward operating base (FOB).
The burn pit at JBB was 10-acres and the waste produced by each person assigned to JBB is estimated to be between 3.6 and 4.5 kilograms (7.9 and 9.9 lb) of waste per day. [10] An Air Force spokesman speaking for the 609th Combined Air and Space Operations Center Southwest Asia vigorously contested allegations of health effects and emphasized ...
Brian Alvarado was a Marine who was an advocate for Iraq War veterans. He died on Jan. 22 after more than a decade-long battle with cancer.
On 12 June 2014, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) summarily executed between 1,095 and 1,700 [2] Iraqi cadets near Tikrit.The killings took place during ISIL's Northern Iraq offensive, when the cadets were captured outside of Camp Speicher during their attempt to flee from the area.
The phrase “burn pit” refers to an area of a military base devoted to open-air burning of waste, often using jet fuel as an accelerant. The U.S. military used these open-air fire pits to ...
Le Roy and Rosie Torres credit President Biden for recognizing sometimes deadly affects of soldiers' exposure to toxic burn pits during wartime. Texas veteran, burn pit awareness champion appears ...
After Casteel applied for conscientious objector status, he was assigned to guarding a burn pit. [7] He left Iraq and returned to Iowa in January 2005. [ 4 ] Six months after applying, the Army approved his application as a conscientious objector and granted him an honorable discharge in May 2005.