I predict that over the next few days
as I get more posts loaded into this
Forum page, it will become apparent
to the whole world watching just how
very, very, very and very unqualified,
incompetent, malpracticed, lazy, and
imbecile the VA agency and Dept. of
Defense really are, and how this is all
capped off into a perfect bungling
stew of assholes aided and facilitated
by the VSO's.

The most important thing that could
have happened in the work in developing
the Fort McClellan Veterans legislation
has already happened, and that was
my personal trip to the area so
I could knee this story in the crotch
and see what comes screaming out.

The contamination zone both in and all
around Fort McClellan, Alabama up until
the year 1998, was far more widespread,
far more intense, far more hazardous,
and far more neglected and ignored than
what any of us had first originally
imagined. Monsanto Corp. was NOT the
only hazardous story in the area.

Had this contamination happened in modern
day, then the entire region would be
fully eligible for FEMA assistance as
a declared national disaster area. The
4-part tier of hazard contributors,
all dumping and spewing at the same
time and at the same place, had all
the force and effect of a nuclear
reactor meltdown upon this one tiny
little town. It's a miracle that any
of the residents there have survived,
and for those who didn't, we grieve
with the town for what they truly lost.

It's not a stretch to walk into
local government offices or businesses,
and come face to face with a worker
who has lost part of his or her family
to the regional contamination.

To that end, both the scope of our
legislation project on Capitol Hill,
and the Fort McClellan Bill itself,
has been revised now to be all inclusive
and speaking on the 4 main hazardous
contributors of the region.

Under each contributor heading below,
I am also giving the subheading breakdown
of how the players all came together
on a single basketball court of pollution
and contamination that, at least for
a few decades, actually rendered the
area uninhabitable. Keeping in mind
that relentless cleanup has now taken
place, and the area is now on the
upswing and struggling to recover,
I am still obligated to offer up the
portrayal of what has happened there
during the federal years that Fort
McClellan was a national Army base,
and to name and describe the small
details of how everything went wrong
in just one place.

The newest breakdown of hazardous
contributors to Fort McClellan Veterans
who served there is as follows:

1. Monsanto Chemical Corp.
* Monsanto single handedly raised
the air measured readings for
the area into an officially
designated EPA Lead Zone. This
means that base maneuvers such
as CBR and gashouse training were
conducted in an airspace already
hazardous and given to probable
respiratory disease. This on top
of permeated soil and water
contamination with PCB's which
exist to this very day.

2. Anniston Army Depot
* The Depot is single handedly
blamed for contaminating the entire
town of Anniston public drinking
water supply

3. Fort McClellan itself
* Medium level asbestos contamination
in the barracks, toxic training sites
still under remediation cleanup to
this day, and seeping landfills on
the grounds with a particular proximity
to WAC Circle.

4. Pelham Range
* A nuclear or radioactive burial
mound was uncovered in recent
years and is still under EPA
cleanup remediation to this very
day.

Consider the fact that the entire
Anniston region sits in what is typically
called down there, Tornado Alley and
Hurricane Alley and ya start to see
here what the implications are
for those of us troops who were there.

Perhaps the most mouth-dropping shocker
of this whole thing is that anybody
could have gone down there from a government
agency at any time up until now and
put together what I did for documents
and the truth of the story, but nobody
bothered to do that. Not the VA, not
the Army, not the VSO's, not the EPA,
and not the CDC. No, it was nearly 60
years old, crippled, and dirt poor
ME who got it done.

This is but a glaring example of how
the VA agency deprives, neglects,
and malpractices medical patients
straight into an unnecessary early
grave or to such a point of dispair
that suicide almost seems attractive,
while they all continue to push out
their propaganda factory falsely
saying how much they care about
the well being of military veterans.

If I have anything to say about
it all, then it will be me who
takes down the medical license
of Dr. James Peake.

Keep watching this forum page as
I will continue to release out
and break down all of the details
on this 4-part contribution to
the Zone down there. You have already
seen the posted release in this
Category below on the confirmation
about Asbestos in the WAC and Mens
Barracks buildings. There is more
coming so stay tuned.

The new 2009 draft for the Fort
McClellan legislation has been
completed and will be loaded into
those functioning parts of Congress
that we work with who were not
effected by the elections. We have
to wait for inaugurations to finish
before we can approach others.

Normally I have to package separate
releases to the Fort McClellan Patient
Group first as a practice I do before
posting these to the public, and they
are not able to work very fast so
bear with me as I trickle out the
stunning shocker of an emergency disaster
story that took place unknowingly upon
the troops of the 1970's and 60's
at Fort McClellan, Alabama.

Consider the fact that not one evacuation
took place, not one hazardous sign was
posted, and to the best of our knowledge,
not one of the military troops like me
were herded into a room and notified
of what had happened around our military
base.

I bring to you a stunning story of
human life disregarded, a FEMA leval
disaster area that was virtually ignored,
and an Army who only sees it's obligation
to clean up and move on and may the
Veterans around the country who were
stationed there be dammed.


REPLY TO BABIESTWO:

I will reply up here as I want our readers
to see your post intact.
I admire your courage for speaking out
and please know, your story is like a
few others in our patient group out
here and you are NOT alone. You have
come to the right place and your
post was just fine so I'll leave it
with headline so everybody can see it.

We are just getting new information
on this now on the heels of me making
a trip down there in person, so
the changes will be reflected in
the new posts for this up and coming
year as I continue along.

Also please know that birthing and
infertility medical conditions are
covered in the new 2009 Fort McClellan
legislation I have drafted.

No it is not your family history. It
is your military service who has
done nothing to let you in on a dirty
secret. We are working to change that
and bring you some closure for your
family.

best wishes, sue frasier army 1970

This message has been edited. Last edited by: McClellanVet,

I am pretty new to this site and only recently found out about the contamination at Ft. McClellan, so if I posted this in the wrong place please let me know and I'll get it moved to the right place.

I was stationed in Ft. McClellan in 1986 for 4 months for basic training and AIT. Since leaving Ft. McClellan I have been diagnosed with endometriosis, infertility, had a hysterectomy at 35, the starting of liver disease, three herniated disks in my neck, a lower back spinal fusion and anxiety issues. In addition to that I had asthma as a child but didn't have any symptoms or issues since I was 10 years old. When I left Ft. McClellan I was rediagnosed with asthma and bronchitis. I continue to have problems with this through today. I was just also diagnosed with benign hand tremors.

I came across this toxin information by accident. I did a search on Ft. McClellan to see what was happening there and was shocked to see what I found. I have always asked my mother what she did when I was pregnant because I have so many issues in which I have no family history.

I am so angry about this. Not only because the toxins were there, but because no one has ever told us about this. I am a veteran of the Gulf War era. I have been into the VA hospital and clinics and not one word has ever been mentioned that this could be the reason for my issues throughout the past 20 years. I am also angry that when you try to find out information about this from these agencies that the door is slammed in your face every time.

I just want to thank McClellanVet for all of her hard work on this and I will keep checking this site to see what new things are happening.