Blue Water Navy Exposure To Agent Orange
The website http://www.bluewaternavy.org/ is devoted to Blue Water Navy Exposure to Dioxin. It provides information related to dioxin and other toxic exposures by personnel of the Blue Water Navy. Additionally included are the Coast Guard and Fleet Marine personnel.
John Rossie, executive director of the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Association, wrote an update this week. He talked about the status of The Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act.
December 13, 2015
What is not clear right now is: how much additional give will the VA allow for the rest of the BWN (Blue Water Navy) ? Our legislation will ensure that anyone in the Territorial Seas (as defined as 12 miles from Baseline) will be granted exposure. We will then be arranging support for the rest of the ships, primarily the aircraft carriers, that may not have entered the Territorial Seas on every WESTPAC tour. But we believe we have a way to justify that, and perhaps get the original criteria of the Agent Orange Act of 1991 re-instated….
But we do not know that for sure and will not know that until we see what the VA comes to the table with. The best timeline this can now play out in is within the second year of this 114th Congress, meaning it will all have to happen after Congress re-convenes after January 1, 2016. That is less than 3 weeks away.
I hope this helps you understand where we are with this issue.
As Congress prepares for Winter Recess, Blue Water Vets continue to wait. We will keep you updated in the New Year and hope for a positive outcome.
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