Frank Vera, Author at George Air Force Base, CA

Pesticide Contamination Military Family Housing – News

June 20, 2014

Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe The lawsuit alleges breaches of contract, violation of the landlord-tenant code, negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress, fraud and unfair and deceptive trade practices. The lawsuit alleges the company failed to properly inform military families of potential health dangers posed by contaminated soil under and around the foundations of older buildings which were demolished and replaced between [Read More…]

Provide Feedback

June 18, 2014

I would appreciate any feedback you give so that I can improve www.GeorgeAFB.Info. Thank you, Frank Vera

Whistleblowers Wanted!

Wanted Records!

June 18, 2014

You can help by filing FOIA request for the following records. The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and MuckRock have an easy to use tools to generate, file, and track FOIA request. iFOIA MuckRock Health Studies Any studies and/or investigations of epidemiological, environmental, health issues/problems at George AFB See: page 21 AF request to destroy the “epidemiological, environmental health surveys” for George AFB – 28 [Read More…]

Rachel Grasty-Sheehan

May 20, 2014

My name is Rachel Grasty-Sheehan. My dad was stationed at George AFB from 1983 to 1989 my dad was an SP, and then he cross trained to Training Management after his back problem got too much for him. We lived in the base housing. First on Massachusetts Circle and then Wyoming Court. I am not the first family member to have issues, and [Read More…]

Contact Deborah Lee James, SECAF

April 20, 2014

This is my letter to Deborah Lee James, Secretary of the Air Force, asking her to release of records and request a new Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), Public Health Assessment for George AFB. What can I do? Contact the Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James, the President, your Senators, and Congressman or Congresswoman and request a new Public Health Assessment for George AFB. Over [Read More…]

Radioactive Waste Disposal Site at George AFB SEDA

George AFB’s Weapons Storage and Assembly Area and Southeast Disposal Area

April 20, 2014

The Southeast Disposal Area’s RW-09 radioactive disposal site is physically located about a ¼ mile upstream of the Drinking Water Supply Wells for George AFB, Adelanto, CA, several homes, and the former Victor Valley Country Club. Unfortunately, the groundwater flows northeast from the SEDA, directly toward these drinking water supply wells. This created a potential exposure to tens of thousands of civilians, and military [Read More…]

Completed Exposure Pathway (CEP)

George AFB’s Family Housing

April 19, 2014

If you lived in George AFB’s Family Housing, built before 1988, you were probably exposed to unsafe levels of chlordane and other organochlorine pesticides (“OCPs”). The Air Force knew that the housing and soil under/around the base housing were contaminated with unsafe levels of OCPs that could risk human health. Additionally, the Air Force knew that there was NO safe level of OCPs [Read More…]

Treasure Island Naval Station – News

April 15, 2014

Treasure Island Naval Station was home to US Navy’s Nuclear War Academies The navy’s nuclear war academies used a variety of radionuclides in their training The Navy did not acknowledge that history publicly, and as a result, cleanup crews and others preparing for redevelopment may have inadvertently spread radioactive material around the island. “CIR has found that the history of the nuclear work done at Treasure [Read More…]

George AFB’s Hazardous Toxic and Radioactive Waste Sites

March 21, 2014

Potential Contaminants of Concern at the former George Air Force Base, CA, “EPA Superfund ID: CA2570024453” Asbestos Containing Materials (ACM), Aviation [Avgas], Benzene, Chlordane, Diesel, Explosives (UXO, MEC) [Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) / Munitions and Explosives of Concern (MEC)], Gasoline, Heating Oil / Fuel Oil, MTBE / TBA / Other Fuel Oxygenates, Munitions Debris (MD), Nitrate, Other Insecticides [Dieldrin] / Pesticide / Fumigants / Herbicides, Other [Read More…]

Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, CA – News

February 5, 2014

El Toxic Hell Toro – Death Sentence for Marines from Tim King 2 years ago Not Yet Rated El Toxic Hell Toro Part Two: A Death Sentence for Marines and School Kids? (IRVINE, Calif.) – A number of Marines are now sick and dying from their contact with toxins at MCAS El Toro, such as TCE (trichloroethylene) a chemical used to clean jet fighters; but Marines [Read More…]

Photo of the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC)

National Personnel Records Center – News

February 1, 2014

“Workers there earn bonuses for completing more filings, and supervisors say some workers deliberately stash records to finish more quickly.” Scope of missing federal military records grows Kansas City Star A 2012 audit found that a file clerk at the National Personnel Records Center wrongly filed nearly three-fourths of 1,200 files. But in a recent memo, the … Scope of missing federal military records [Read More…]

George AFB In The News

January 22, 2014

15 military Superfund sites claim no health risks – but PFAS in tap water tell a different story [George AFB, CA] By Jared Hayes & Nicole Caplan Environmental Working Group – July 29, 2025 Thriving California enclave becomes eerie ghost town after hidden danger forced residents to flee By Rachel Bowman Daily Mail – 09/28/2024 Hazardous Air Force base that potentially poisoned thousands [Read More…]

Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, NC – News

January 22, 2014

The DOD’s Modus Operandi (M.O.) – Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, NC The DOD lied to the public and local, state, and federal regulators and congress; withheld records; covered-up deaths that were the result of the contamination at Camp Lejeune; and forced the ATSDR to suppress information about the contamination, health problems, and deaths which were the direct result of the contamination at [Read More…]

John Richard Sabol, J.D., P.E. – Photo

January 15, 2014

Photo courtesy of Dr John Richard Sabol’s Family John Richard Sabol, J.D., P.E. (21 December 1932 – 3 August 2000) was the Chief Environmental & Contracting Programming / Community Planner / Construction Engineer for George Air Force Base, CA from June 1976 to February 1981. John Richard Sabol, J.D., P.E., Environmental Engineer, U.S. Air Force B.S.C.E, 1958, Civil Engineering, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania [Read More…]

Ocean Dumping of Radioactive Waste

December 23, 2013

Burial of Radioactive Waste in the USAF Page 26, section (2), refers to burial of radioactive waste at sea in 2 locations. 1. 72° 43” west longitude: 38° 40” north latitude, 2. 123° 6” west longitude: 37° 40” north latitude “(2) Burial at Sea Burial of radioactive wastes at sea has been authorized. Burial in inland lakes is prohibited. Disposition of considerable quantities of radioactive wastes must [Read More…]

The Atomic Sailors U.S.S. Calhoun County – News

December 22, 2013

The Atomic Sailors by William R. Levesque “It was the Navy’s dirtiest job. The crew of the U.S.S. Calhoun County dumped thousands of radioactive barrels into the Atlantic Ocean from 1946 to 1960. The Navy says the work was safe. But 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of the ship’s sinking. The Calhoun County’s own Navy ordered it scuttled because it was a radioactive [Read More…]

Suzanne Mounce-Arena

September 5, 2013

My name is Suzanne Mounce-Arena – I was stationed at George AFB from 1986-1991- 35th 20th AMU weapons F-4 I lost two pregnancies [miscarriage] at the base, had to get a hysterectomy in my 20’s, ulcerative colitis, depression, hypertension, graves’ disease (autoimmune), graves ophthalmology (autoimmune), heart problems, emphysema, COPD…….plus more. I am 46 years old, wtf ! Seemed as most broke out on [Read More…]

Daniel S.

September 4, 2013

My name is Daniel S – Dates at George AFB 1987-1992 – Active duty, Nav-Aids/ MET-NAV – 2067 COMM Squadron I lived off and on base the entire 5 years, some in the barracks, some in base housing. I lived in Adelanto for approximately 1 of those years. Water quality was very poor. It was a pale brown color, and at times darker. there was visible debris in [Read More…]

G. A.

August 4, 2013

My name is G. A. In October 1981, at age 17, I was assigned to George AFB, CA (active duty). I attended a briefing by the base hospital as part of the INTRO program for newly assigned personnel. During that briefing, females (both military and civilian) were told to consider not getting pregnant while at George, because they had a “high infant mortality rate”. [Read More…]

Low-level radiological contamination found inside Fort Bliss bunker

2013-07-xx News – Radioactive Waste Biggs AFB, TX

July 27, 2013

Biggs Airfield/Fort Bliss, TX – In 1966, the Air Force transferred a contaminated WSA and radioactive waste burial site to the Army but did not warn them of potential radiation risk. The radioactive contamination at the site is from the maintenance of nuclear weapons from the 1950s and 1960s. The specific quantity of maintenance waste buried is not known due to incomplete records. According to the Air Force, it disposed of the radioactive waste in accordance with the Atomic Energy Commission and Air Force procedures at the time.

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DOD Human Research – News

July 27, 2013

“Almost every experimenter named by the authors ought to have served time in prison for torturing helpless fellow humans. Instead, the experimenters won research grants and often received accolades as heroes trying to combat a variety of diseases. In most instances, they seemed to be well-intentioned. But they sure lacked a moral compass.” Steve Weinberg ‘One of the largest human experiments in history’ [Read More…]

Industrial Waste – Completed Exposure Pathways

June 25, 2013

From 1965 to 1 December 1981 (16 years), the Air Force dumped 5,578,400 gallons of industrial waste containing known carcinogens into the sanitary sewer, which emptied into the sewage treatment plant (STP), and the STP discharged directly into the STP’s percolation ponds. However, the Air Force determined that the unlined percolation ponds, the soil, and the groundwater were NOT contaminated based on one [Read More…]

Feres Doctrine – News

June 7, 2013

The Senate VA Subcommittee’s own recommendations at “G” in the “Rockefeller Report” confirms the Feres doctrine is the vehicle wherein criminal acts committed “incident to service” in the United States Armed Forces are being dismissed based upon the unconstitutional grant of “sovereign immunity.” If human experimentation can be brushed under the carpet due to the Feres doctrine; the reasonable American must then ask [Read More…]

Frank Vera

June 4, 2013

I voluntarily enlisted in the Air Force during the Vietnam War but was never deployed to Vietnam. Entering the Air Force, I was physically healthy with no disqualifying defects; reasonably intelligent (Scored a 98% with a category I on the Armed Forces Qualification Test AFQT); of good moral character (Passed an Expanded Background Investigation (EBI) security clearance), and was nuke qualified. I had [Read More…]

Andrea Asa Sonnenberg

June 4, 2013

My name is Andrea Asa Sonnenberg, and my father was a career officer in the USAF. For the first 10 years of my life, we lived on base, moving from such diverse areas as Germany, Mississippi, Nebraska and Illinois. My dad retired when I was in my early 20s. This is our story. 1974 – My father enlisted in the USAF. I was born [Read More…]

DoD’s Breach of Trust

May 30, 2013

Because the Department of Defense (DoD) has not acknowledged (concealed) the true nature and extent of the environmental contamination at the former George AFB and its Completed Exposure Pathways (CEP): Doctors cannot treat the toxic exposures of base personnel and family members. Military personnel are being defrauded of their Medical Discharge, Military Pension, and medical care (TRICARE). Military personnel’s family members are being [Read More…]

Release to one is release to all – FOIA Request

May 15, 2013

A large number of documents on this website have been obtained under Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. Occasionally, a FOIA officer will try to restrict the distribution of documents / information to the public at large. To these I say, “Release to one is release to all.” The well-known maxim under the FOIA that “release to one is release to all” was [Read More…]

DoD’s Culpability For Contamination

May 10, 2013

I am trying to document when the Department of Defense (DoD) knew or suspected it had a problem with environmental contamination at its facilities, installations, or bases. To do this, I am trying to find the earliest DoD records that address specific environmental contamination or health hazards at the DoD’s installations. e.g., Radiation, Trichloroethylene, Burn pits, Incinerators, and … Burn pits or incinerators [Read More…]

SEC Charges Victorville and the SCLAA – News

April 29, 2013

California City, Underwriter Misled Investors, SEC Says U.S. regulators accused Victorville, California, and underwriters of lying to investors by inflating property values backing $13.3 million of municipal bonds to redevelop a closed air force base [George AFB] . … latimes.com View: SEC Complaint – (PDF – 44 pages – 203 KB) SEC amends fraud complaint Victorville Daily Press … 20 new elements which revolve largely around [Read More…]

Articles

Important Documents – Timeline

December 4, 2012

1971 February – Hq USAF survey letter – Radioactive Waste Disposal, Hq, SCN 71-28 – AF George AFB was notified by HQ USAF that that all of its radioactive waste burial sites were to be accounted for, fenced off, and clearly marked. They were not. 1972 March – Burial of Radioactive Waste in the USAF – AF Positive responses George AFB 1973 fall – My radiation exposure in Southeast [Read More…]

George AFB’s Exposure Pathways – Water

December 3, 2012

The Department of Defense (DOD) deliberately misled the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and the American people about the hazardous substances at the former George Air Force Base, CA, “EPA Superfund ID: CA2570024453″ and the complete exposure pathway that the drinking water provided. George AFB’s contaminated drinking water supply provided the following “Completed Exposure Pathways” Ingestion: Drinking water, cooking Dermal Contact: [Read More…]

George Air Force Base Intro

November 13, 2012

Did the Department of Defense (DOD) misrepresent the nature and extent of the environmental contamination at the former George Air Force Base, CA, “EPA Superfund ID: CA2570024453″? Yes. In doing so, the DOD wasted in excess of $124,700,000.00(1) of the taxpayers’ money and unnecessarily endangered the public, military personnel, and their family members. By concealing the nature and extent of the contamination, and the complete [Read More…]

George AFB’s Children

November 6, 2012

I have received dozens of personal accounts about miscarriages, stillbirths, birth defects, and childhood cancers at George Air Force Base. Here are some excerpts from these accounts: “When I arrived at the base [George AFB] in Oct 81, they told us during our inbrief that there was a high infant mortality rate and females should consider NOT getting pregnant while assigned there.” G. [Read More…]