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JParm · 12 August 2022, 04:18 AM

Great to see this put in place for Veterans that were affected by burn pits.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/11/u...-veterans.html

Dan Pierce · 12 August 2022, 04:32 AM

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Great to see this put in place for Veterans that were affected by burn pits.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/11/u...-veterans.html

Agreed, Jesse! Long overdue.
dP

RichM · 12 August 2022, 04:42 AM

Amen to that!

TNT009 · 12 August 2022, 05:13 AM

Took too long... A damn shame!!

OYptL · 12 August 2022, 06:09 AM

Nice to see the refs letting the players play lately. Nice.

Vintyage · 12 August 2022, 06:10 AM

Took too long but glad it’s done

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austinp · 12 August 2022, 06:17 AM

I don’t know a lot about this. What was typically burned in these pits?

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OYptL · 12 August 2022, 06:19 AM

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I don’t know a lot about this. What was typically burned in these pits?

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Tires, battlefield debris and just about anything.

austinp · 12 August 2022, 06:24 AM

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Tires, battlefield debris and just about anything.

Wow. Terrible decision. How are they disposing of this waste now?

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OYptL · 12 August 2022, 06:26 AM

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Wow. Terrible decision. How are they disposing of this waste now?

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Generally speaking this was in the past. Think of Desert Storm until the more recent Midlle East conflicts.

binArt · 12 August 2022, 07:59 AM

I was in Iraq on a US base during the second war. All the trash went to burn pits. Food waste from the DFAC, barracks trash, plastic, human waste, motor pool oil, loose ammo, and anything that would normally be discarded in your home.

Proper garbage trucks full of trash would back up to large deep pits and empty their load. A few hundred gallons of JP8 would be splashed on it and set alight. The trash didn't burn so much as smolder. Normally the wind pushed the plume off base, but some days it would settle over the base and permeate through every crack and crevice. If cancer has a smell, it smells like a burn pit.

77T · 12 August 2022, 11:34 AM

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If cancer has a smell, it smells like a burn pit.

I think you summed it up well in a nutshell.

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dddrees · 15 August 2022, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by binArt

I was in Iraq on a US base during the second war. All the trash went to burn pits. Food waste from the DFAC, barracks trash, plastic, human waste, motor pool oil, loose ammo, and anything that would normally be discarded in your home.

Proper garbage trucks full of trash would back up to large deep pits and empty their load. A few hundred gallons of JP8 would be splashed on it and set alight. The trash didn't burn so much as smolder. Normally the wind pushed the plume off base, but some days it would settle over the base and permeate through every crack and crevice. If cancer has a smell, it smells like a burn pit.

Yeah, I can imagine.

By the way thanks for your service.

How you doing?

Chewbacca · 12 August 2022, 08:41 AM

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Great to see this put in place for Veterans that were affected by burn pits.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/11/u...-veterans.html

I agree. And the people who helped get it the attention it deserved to get over the line also deserve their kudos.

mountainjogger · 12 August 2022, 08:35 PM

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I agree. And the people who helped get it the attention it deserved to get over the line also deserve their kudos.

OYptL · 14 August 2022, 04:44 AM

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I agree. And the people who helped get it the attention it deserved to get over the line also deserve their kudos.

The first guy that comes to my mind is Jon Stewart.

gnuyork · 15 August 2022, 05:02 AM

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The first guy that comes to my mind is Jon Stewart.

Yes, he was a very big advocate of this.

BLACKHORSE 6 · 16 August 2022, 10:24 AM

The burn pits were terrible. For the remote locations in Afghanistan I don’t know what a better solution would be.

12 August 2022, 04:18 AM	#1
JParm 2024 ROLEX DATEJUST41 Pledge Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: NorCal Watch: Yes! Posts: 6,568	Burn Pit legislation a big win for Veterans Great to see this put in place for Veterans that were affected by burn pits. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/11/u...-veterans.html __________________

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RichM 2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Real Name: Richie Location: "Nowhere Man" Watch: out now,take care! Posts: 29,780	Amen to that! __________________ "I love to work at nothing all day" TRF #139960

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TNT009 "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2019 Location: San Diego Posts: 3,533	Took too long... A damn shame!!

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OYptL "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2021 Location: Bloomingdale Watch: Invicta Posts: 755	Nice to see the refs letting the players play lately. Nice.

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Vintyage Banned Join Date: Nov 2020 Location: The States Posts: 136	Took too long but glad it’s done Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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austinp "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: us Posts: 3,393	I don’t know a lot about this. What was typically burned in these pits? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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binArt Banned Join Date: Jul 2022 Location: Tommy's Garden Watch: 16600 Posts: 461	I was in Iraq on a US base during the second war. All the trash went to burn pits. Food waste from the DFAC, barracks trash, plastic, human waste, motor pool oil, loose ammo, and anything that would normally be discarded in your home. Proper garbage trucks full of trash would back up to large deep pits and empty their load. A few hundred gallons of JP8 would be splashed on it and set alight. The trash didn't burn so much as smolder. Normally the wind pushed the plume off base, but some days it would settle over the base and permeate through every crack and crevice. If cancer has a smell, it smells like a burn pit.

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BLACKHORSE 6 "TRF" Member Join Date: May 2013 Real Name: Dave Location: USA Watch: Rolex SS Daytona Posts: 2,679	The burn pits were terrible. For the remote locations in Afghanistan I don’t know what a better solution would be.

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