Frank Vera, Author at George Air Force Base, CA

Board of Veterans’ Appeals Decision – George AFB and Asbestos

February 8, 2016

Citation Nr: 1333330 Decision Date: 10/23/13 Archive Date … www.va.gov/…/1333330.txt United States Department of Veterans Affairs … a lung condition secondary to asbestos exposure, and diabetes mellitus, … at George Air Force Base in California from December 19, 1966 until July 24, 1970. Citation Nr: 1300594 Decision Date: 01/08/13 Archive Date … www.va.gov/…/1300594.txt United States Department of Veterans Affairs Beginning in 2005, he [Read More…]

Board of Veterans’ Appeals Decision – George AFB and Radiation

February 8, 2016

Citation Nr: 0910423 Decision Date: 03/20/09 Archive Date … www.va.gov/…/0910423.txt United States Department of Veterans Affairs … connection for prostate cancer, claimed due to exposure to ionizing radiation. 3. ….. treatment for hypertension at Norton AFB, March AFB, and George AFB. Citation Nr: 1411687 Decision Date: 03/20/14 Archive Date … www.va.gov/…/1411687.txt United States Department of Veterans Affairs … Clark Air Force Base in [Read More…]

Board of Veterans’ Appeals Decision – George AFB

February 8, 2016

Citation NR: 9600086 Decision Date: 01/18/96 Archive Date … www.va.gov/…/9600086.txt United States Department of Veterans Affairs While the veteran’s representative acknowledges that attempts were made to obtain available morning reports of the veteran’s unit at George Air Force Base, it is … Citation NR: 9623486 Decision Date: 08/19/96 Archive Date … www.va.gov/…/9623486.txt United States Department of Veterans Affairs At that time, she reported that [Read More…]

George AFB’s Organochlorine Pesticides Contamination

February 4, 2016

If you worked, lived, or went to school in a building built before the late 1980s, you were probably exposed to unsafe levels of chlordane and other organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) on George AFB. These OCPs are classified as Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), toxic chemicals that adversely affect human health and the environment. The DOD banned their use in the late 1980s. Organochlorine pesticides [Read More…]

Lorie Clark

February 1, 2016

My name is Lorie Clark, I was stationed at George AFB from 1980-1983. I lived in base housing from 1981-1983. My husband at the time and two daughters lived there. One was born at the hospital and the other in Apple Valley. I have the following health issues: Low Thyroid (hypothyroidism) and medicated for life, Endometriosis, Uterine and Breast Fibroids, Raynaud’s Syndrome, Migraines, Osteopenia [Read More…]

D. G.

January 31, 2016

My name is D. G., I lived at George AFB as a child of an active duty soldier. I lived there from 83 to 91, at 238 Oregon St. I/m 36 years of age and suffer from equilibrium/balance issues. Uneven hearing loss, tinnitus, migraines, depression, and anxiety. No one in my family suffers from all these issues. The current hypothesis is that I have [Read More…]

Brigitte Leehr

January 30, 2016

My name is Brigitte Leehr (Jones), I lived on George AFB from 1976 – 1979. I was a dependent child and we lived on base housing during those years. We were deployed to Lakenheath England in 1979 and within a few months I became ill and was diagnosed with cancer of the Appendix. I was 17 years old. Throughout my 20’s I suffered [Read More…]

Documents needed for a VA “Toxic Exposure” claim

January 29, 2016

This is a starter list of documents that should be submitted to the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) for toxic injury as a result of a toxic exposure at George AFB.” It is imperative that you get a Board Certified OccMed Doctor to use the following exact phrases in your NEXUS letter to the DVA. “It is in his or her opinion that your condition [Read More…]

FIVE-YEAR CERCLA REVIEW – Former George AFB – Superfund ID: CA2570024453

January 1, 2016

GeorgeAFB.Info BaseFamilyHousing.Info Frank Vera PO Box 1313 Jamestown, CA, 95327-1313 Phone: 209-782-4541 31 December 2015 By Email: [email protected] Mr. Donald Gronstal BRAC Environmental Coordinator (George) Air Force Civil Engineer Center 3411 Olson Street McClellan, CA 95652-1003 916-643-3672 ext. 211 [email protected] Re: FIVE-YEAR CERCLA REVIEW – Former George Air Force Base, CA – EPA Superfund ID: CA2570024453 Introduction The right tool for the job DOD or [Read More…]

The Air Force Law Review – Lead-Based Paint

December 21, 2015

[PDF] The Reporter, vol. 32 no. 2 – Air Force Judge Advocate www.afjag.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-090107-037.pdf Others will follow your lead. …… in this article is based upon the collective past work of the Air Force …… ments regarding lead-based paint, the Melina Bill in-. [PDF] The Reporter, vol. 33 no. 1 – Air Force Judge Advocate – U.S. … www.afjag.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-090107-038.pdf learned with I LEAD!, no [Read More…]

The Air Force Law Review – Military Housing

December 21, 2015

[PDF] military housing privatization initiative – Air Force Judge … www.afjag.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-081204-025.pdf Military Housing Privatization Lnitiative: A Guidance Document for Wading. Through … 1996, Congress stepped in and enacted the Military Housing Privatization. [PDF] AF Law Review vol. 61 www.afjag.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-081009-006.pdf which did not provide for power to terminate and at the same time proscribe anticipated profits if termination did occur. Particularly in the field [Read More…]

The Air Force Law Review – Feres doctrine

December 21, 2015

[PDF] The Reporter, vol. 28 no. 2 – Air Force Judge Advocate www.afjag.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-090107-023.pdf der the Feres Doctrine; dismissed the United States Air. Force and United States as defendants on sovereign immunity grounds; and dismissed the three com-. — [PDF] The Reporter, vol. 36 no. 4 (2009) – Year in Review www.afjag.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-100510-067.pdf Dec 15, 2006 – efforts to repeal the Feres doctrine, which bars [Read More…]

The Air Force Law Review – Trichloroethylene (TCE)

December 21, 2015

Law Review Vol. 72 … Trichloroethylene (TCE), to the causation of symptoms.117 TCE is a volatile organic…carpet cleaners, and glues.118 Though TCE use has declined … Microsoft Word – Volume 41, Entire Volume.DOC …contaminated with trichloroethylene (TCE), considered by EPA to be a possible…Specifically, the Air Force found levels of TCE as high as 27,000 … Criminal Jurisdiction Over …detects levels of trichloroethylene [Read More…]

The Air Force Law Review – Asbestos

December 21, 2015

[PDF]The Reporter, vol. 28 no. 2 – Air Force Judge Advocate www.afjag.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-090107-023.pdf Asbestos Information Requests From. Union May Herald Litigation. Over the course of the past year, the Air Force Cen- tral Labor Law Office has repeated the … — [PDF]The Reporter, vol. 35 no. 1 – Air Force Judge Advocate – U.S. … www.afjag.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-090114-047.pdf settlement of an asbestos-related enforcement action when an agreed [Read More…]

The Air Force Law Review – Chlordane

December 21, 2015

[PDF]The Reporter, vol. 36 no. 4 (2009) – Year in Review www.afjag.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-100510-067.pdf Dec 15, 2006 – Idaho over how to handle chlordane in soil at a housing construction site. The branch also assisted ACC and AMC bases deal with Homeland …

The Air Force Law Review – Pesticides

December 21, 2015

IS DEATH DIFFERENT? – Air Force Judge Advocate – U.S. … www.afjag.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-090107-042.pdf Mar 1, 2007 – Use of Operations and. Maintenance Funds. During Deployments. Can Old Pesticides Kill. Big Construction Projects? On the Cover. 1. 17. 19. — [PDF]THE AIR FORCE LAW REVIEW – Air Force Judge Advocate www.afjag.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-081009-011.pdf Agriculture, Forest Service Pesticide Fact Sheet at http://infoventures.com/e- hlth/pestcide/24d.html (last visited Mar. 29, 2004). [Read More…]

George AFB’s Lead Based Paint Contamination

December 21, 2015

If you were a child that lived or went to daycare/school on George AFB, before 1978, you were probably exposed to unsafe levels of lead-based paint (LBP). The buildings constructed before 1978, when the DOD banned the use of LBP, are likely to contain one or more coats of LBP. In addition, some facilities constructed immediately after the ban may also contain LBP, [Read More…]

We are the men and women of the U.S. Military

December 14, 2015

We enlisted or were commissioned in the military to protect the United States, pledging to defend our nation and, if necessary, to sacrifice our lives for the country we love. However, we did not consent to being exposed to toxins due to government negligence, nor did we agree to our spouses and children being exposed to hazardous substances. In many cases, the Department [Read More…]

2014-04-14 FOIA AFHRA – George AFB’s Aircraft Decontamination Center

December 14, 2015

Frank Vera III P.O. Box 1313 Jamestown, CA 95327-1313 Phone: 209-xxx-xxxx www.GeorgeAFB.Info 14 March 2014 BY Email: [email protected] Lynn Gamma, FOIA Manager Air Force Historical Research Agency Freedom of Information Act Office (FOIA) 600 Chennault Circle, Bldg 1405 Maxwell AFB, AL 36112-6424 334-953-2395 FOIA Request Dear FOIA Officer: Please process this request pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552. [Read More…]

2015-12-02 FOIA Air Force – George AFB’s Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Test Decontamination Centers

December 2, 2015

Frank Vera III GeorgeAFB.Info P.O. Box 1313 Jamestown, CA 95327-1313 Phone: 209-782-4541 2 December 2015 BY Fax: (703) 428-6522 Headquarters Air Force/AAII (FOIA) 1000 Air Force Pentagon Washington, DC 20330-1000 Phone: (703) 693-2735/692-9981 Fax: 571-256-3110 Email: [email protected] FOIA Request Dear FOIA Officer: Please process this request pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552. I request a complete and unredacted [Read More…]

2015-12-01 FOIA Air Force – George AFB’s hazardous waste minimization (HAZMIN) plan(s)

December 1, 2015

Frank Vera III GeorgeAFB.Info P.O. Box 1313 Jamestown, CA 95327-1313 Phone: 209-782-4541 1 December 2015 BY Fax: (703) 428-6522 Headquarters Air Force/AAII (FOIA) 1000 Air Force Pentagon Washington, DC 20330-1000 Phone: (703) 693-2735/692-9981 Fax: 571-256-3110 Email: [email protected] FOIA Request Dear FOIA Officer: Please process this request pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552. I request a complete and unredacted [Read More…]

2015-11-10 FOIA Army – Lt. Gen. David Halverson’s order regarding the Army’s older buildings and their occupants

November 10, 2015

Frank Vera III GeorgeAFB.Info P.O. Box 1313 Jamestown, CA 95327-1313 Phone: 209-782-4541 10 November 2015 By Fax: (703) 428-6522 U.S. Army Freedom of Information Office Casey Building, Suite 150 ATTN: AAHS-RDF 7701 Telegraph Road Alexandria, VA 22315-3905 Phone: (703) 428-6238 FOIA Request Lt. Gen. David Halverson’s order regarding the Army’s older buildings and their occupants Dear FOIA Officer: Please process this request pursuant [Read More…]

DOE Human Research – News

September 7, 2015

U.S. Gov’t intentionally ‘blew up’ nuclear reactor outside Los Angeles in massive human radiation experiment on public — Southern California covered in radioactive plume — Officials “documented effects of long-range effluent cloud on people downwind” ENENews – September 6th, 2015 U.S. Nuclear Accident in 1965 Was Staged, Documents Show New York Times, Aug 24, 1994: The Atomic Energy Commission staged a nuclear rocket accident [Read More…]

2014-05-14 FOIA DTRA – record index/bibliography – George Air Force Base, CA

August 22, 2015

Frank Vera III GeorgeAFB.Info P.O. Box 1313 Jamestown, CA 95327-1313 Phone: xxx-xxx-xxxx www.GeorgeAFB.Info 14 May 2014 BY FAX: 703-767-3623 Freedom of Information Act/Privacy Act Office (J0XGP) ATTN: Juanita Y. Gaines, Chief Defense Threat Reduction Agency 8725 John J. Kingman Road MSC 6201 Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6201 E-Mail: [email protected] FOIA Request Dear FOIA Officer: Please process this request pursuant to the Freedom of Information [Read More…]

George AFB’s Asbestos Contamination

August 18, 2015

If you worked, lived, or went to school in a building built before 1980, on George AFB, you were probably exposed to unsafe levels of asbestos. “There are 1,970 buildings on-base (including 1,641 housing units) with a total square footage of floor space of 4,629,926, approximately 10 percent of which has been surveyed for asbestos. Forty percent of those facilities tested had asbestos containing [Read More…]

Donna Lenz

August 14, 2015

My husband has also had Esophageal and prostate cancer. And we lost a child to anencephaly. He was based here, then onto Phu Cat. He got the toxins from everywhere!

Cheryl J. Wolford-Stamps-Carter

July 2, 2015

My sister and I were born on George’s Air Force base in 1955 and 1954 respectively. My father Wolford last name was enlisted. My Mother was Beverly. They were married. She died of liver disease I was told. I am concerned for my family history is sketchy and this web page makes me wonder. We were in the housing on GAB until I [Read More…]

Larry P. Campos

July 2, 2015

I was stationed at George Air Force Base from 1969 thru 1973, with a tour of South East Asia in between. I was a crew chief on F4 Phantoms. In 2005, I was diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and chronic emphysema. I turned in a claim to V/A for exposure too aircraft fumes, Agent Orange, and other toxic solutions. I never [Read More…]

Connie Curry

July 2, 2015

I lived at George from 77 to 80 with my family they were young kids at that time. There were always problems with the water. they would shut it off with no notice, then turn it back on it and it would be dirty. This caused a lot of problems with laundry. Also had an ant problem. They would spray the heck out [Read More…]

Tommy Jacobs

July 2, 2015

My family was stationed on George AFB in the early to mid seventies. my mom now has multiple sclerosis (MS) and was diagnosed in 1990. but the drs said she had it for a very long time is it possible the her MS was caused by exposure at George AFB back then? Tommy Jacobs

Annette

July 2, 2015

My dad was stationed there GAFB in 70 – 73, I was 13 and up. I had a total hysterectomy with endometriosis and bilateral mastectomies for breast cancer. I have been ill for many years and many of my family have been ill. Long story

Raymond Cook

July 2, 2015

I was stationed there from 1966-1969. During my stay my wife had a stillborn and two miscarriages. Prior to that we had no problems and 5 years after that we had a healthy little girl with no problems. We of course had no warnings and at that time it was just considered our problem. I was not aware of problems until 6 months [Read More…]

C. Wilkinson

July 1, 2015

I arrived in Fall of 1984 and I had heard from people that they were telling women not to get pregnant. So when I got pregnant in 1985 I was told by the doctor at 4 weeks to not get attached because I was going to lose my baby. I bled through my entire pregnancy and was on bed rest. I never had [Read More…]