As Washington refocuses on the issue of burn pits—waste fires used extensively in Afghanistan and Iraq which emitted toxic smoke that later sickened troops—Military Times is republishing our ...

Former Army Staff Sgt. William Thompson has had two double-lung transplants since returning from two tours in Iraq, which he attributes to exposure to a toxic brew of medical waste, human waste ...

Le Roy Torres was exposed to toxic smoke from burning trash while serving in Iraq. He and his wife, Rosie, have taken their cause all the way to the Supreme Court and Congress. (Leer en español ...

Two Michigan Republicans voted against the 2022 PACT Act, which expanded health care benefits to military veterans. A $600,000 federal grant will help state and local officials work to prevent veteran ...

An Afghan National Army pickup truck passes parked U.S. armored military vehicles as smoke rises from a fire in a trash burn pit at Forward Operating Base Caferetta Nawzad, Helmand province south of ...