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Episode 9: Diagnosing and treating toxic burn pit conditions in veterans

The PACT Act was signed into law in August to make it easier for veterans to seek treatment for presumptive lung conditions stemming from the military’s use of burn pits overseas. But if you served in Iraq or Afghanistan and don’t have any health issues, you may not necessarily be in the clear, says Dr. Richard Meehan in this week’s episode of Military Matters.

BANOVICI, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dec. 25, 2001: Six-year-old Selma Mesic, a Muslim refugee living near Camp Comanche in Bosnia and Herzegovina receives Christmas gifts from Santa Claus, also known as Sgt. Troy Patterson of Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 224th Aviation Brigade, on Christmas Day.

META TAGS:  Bosnia and Herzegovina, peacekeeping force, United Nations, U.S. Army, Holidays, Christmas
Sgt. Santa Claus, 2001

Banovici, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dec. 25, 2001: Six-year-old Selma Mesic, a Muslim refugee living near Camp Comanche in Bosnia and Herzegovina receives Christmas gifts from Santa Claus, also known as Sgt. Troy Patterson of Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 224th Aviation Brigade, on Christmas Day.

Children wave to Santa Claus on stage during the tree lighting at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, on Dec. 3, 2022.
This year, US military families count holiday blessings at home

This year, with the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic over and America’s military no longer involved in the post-9/11 conflicts that kept it occupied for 20 years in Iraq and Afghanistan, more service members are spending the final days of December with their families.

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