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Mar 5, 2024

U.S. Marine Corps Minefield Breaching: May 25, 2000

Many veterans of the Gulf War have expressed concern that their unexplained illnesses may result from their experiences in that war. In response to veterans’ concerns, the Department of Defense established a task force in June 1995 to investigate incidents and circumstances relating to possible causes. The Office of the Special Assistant to the Deputy ...

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Jan 30, 2024

U.S. Marine Corps Minefield Breaching, Final Report: Feb. 22, 2001

Many veterans of the Gulf War have expressed concern that their unexplained illnesses may result from their experiences in that war. In response to veterans’ concerns, the Department of Defense established a task force in June 1995 to investigate incidents and circumstances relating to possible causes. The Office of the Special Assistant to the Deputy ...

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Oct 13, 2023

U.S. Marine Corps Minefield Breaching

Case Narratives are reports of what we know today about specific events that took place during the Gulf War of 1990 and 1991. This particular case narrative focuses on U.S. Marine Corps Minefield Breaching. Incidents discussed in this narrative were reported by Task Force Ripper in the 1st Marine Division and by the 1st Battalion, 6th Marines in the ...

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Jul 11, 2023

Retrograde Equipment Investigation: March 8, 2000

At a public hearing held on July 13, 1999, the Presidential Special Oversight Board for Department of Defense Investigations of Gulf War Chemical and Biological Incidents (PSOB) requested that the Office of the Special Assistant for Gulf War Illnesses (OSAGWI) report on the current status (including preliminary findings and conclusions reached to date ...

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Jul 11, 2023

Al Jaber Air Base, Final Report: Sept. 13, 2001

This particular case narrative focuses on several incidents during the 1st Marine Division’s efforts to capture Al Jaber air base, Kuwait. On Feb. 24 and 25, 1991, Marines near this base were advised several times to don chemical protective equipment due to possible chemical warfare agent presence. We published an interim narrative on Sept. 25, 1997, ...

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Jul 11, 2023

Al Jaber Air Base: Sept. 25, 1997

Many veterans of the Gulf War have been experiencing a variety of physical symptoms, collectively called Gulf War illnesses. In response to veterans’ concerns, the Department of Defense (DOD) established a task force in June 1995 to investigate all possible causes. On November 12, 1996, responsibility for these investigations was assumed by the ...

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May 1, 2023

Portable RT-PCR and MinION Nanopore Sequencing as a Proof-of-Concept SARS-CoV-2 Biosurveillance in Wastewater

Wastewater treatment facility

This study reports on the efficacy of 2 different portable nucleic acid detection technologies, RT-PCR and MinION Mk1C nanopore sequencing, which identified SARS-CoV-2 variants in wastewater collected at Tyndall AFB during a 2-month surveillance. This highly multiplexed approach circumvented signal dropout associated with the detection of newly ...

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