Daily Brief: DoD Put Troops and Families at Risk with Slow Response to 'Forever Chemicals,' Report Finds

Daily Brief 02 August 2021

DoD Put Troops and Families at Risk with Slow Response to 'Forever Chemicals,' Report Finds Although the Defense Department was notified in 2011 that it should be concerned about contamination from chemicals in firefighting foams and other sources, it was not required to act until 2016. More Military.com Stories The Last Battle for Iwo Jima Legend Woody Williams, Only Surviving WWII Medal of Honor Recipient Army Says Drowning Wasn't the Cause of Green Beret's Death, Retracting Prior Claim Unspecified Maintenance Error After F-22 Was Washed Led to Crash at Eglin Sailor Charged with Arson in Bonhomme Richard Fire Claims Innocence, Lawyer Says As Vaccine Push Increases, DoD Will Start Asking Troops if They Got the Shot US Navy Says Drone Strike Hit Oil Tanker off Oman, Killing 2 Families Urge Using New DNA Tech to ID Pearl Harbor Unknowns Ammunition Shelves Bare as Gun Sales Continue to Soar US Warns China Is Building More Nuclear Missile Silos Guillen Family Calls for Court-Martial of Soldier's Harasser as Military Considers Crime Reforms Pentagon Grappling with New Vaccine Orders; Timing Uncertain Coast Guard Sector Guam Rebrands Itself During Cutters' Triple Commissioning Ceremony Breakneck Pace of Crises Keeps National Guard Away from Home 'Welcome Home': Evacuation Flight Brings 200 Afghans to US Biden Unveils Picks for Key Religious Freedom Roles Hospital Bombed in Southern Afghanistan as Battles Rage South Korea Seeks to Improve Ties Despite North's Threat Section of Overturned Shipwreck Separated, Oil Discharged Today's Military Trivia Which Crusade, originally called to conquer Egypt, resulted in the sack of Constantinople by the crusaders? Video of the Day Yellow Tails MAFFS Activated for Western Wildfires

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