US/Military
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The United States Armed Forces are the military forces of the United States of America. The president of the United States is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces and forms military policy with the Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS), both federal executive departments, acting as the principal organs by which military policy is carried out.
Pollution
The United States military is one of the biggest polluters on earth,[1][2] with more impact than 140 countries combined.[3][4] The US military spends $20.2 billion annually on air conditioning (!) in Iraq and Afghanistan alone, according to estimates by Pentagon officials.[5]
According to an EPA list, almost 900 of the nearly 1,200 Superfund sites across the United States are abandoned military facilities or locations that were used to support military needs. One such base, Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina, was held accountable for the contamination of the area’s groundwater. The military base was deemed responsible for dumping a large amount of carcinogens in the groundwater between 1953 and 1987. But only in February 2018 the federal government allowed affected individuals to file for official compensation claims.[6]
In war zones the US military has been using depleted uranium against enemy forces and burn pits to get rid of all material. Both have serious, understated health impacts on soldiers, environment (even globally) and population.
A Document by US/Military
| Title | Document type | Publication date | Subject(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Inside-the-wire-reference-guide.pdf | handbook | 2 February 2012 | Afghanistan war 2001 | A US Army pocket reference guide given to all US military personnel serving in Afghanistan from February 2012. It provides advice on how to prevent so-called 'green-on-blue' attacks, where Afghan security forces turn their weapons on the coalition soldiers who have trained them. |
Examples
| Page name | Description |
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| US/Air Force | |
| US/Army | |
| US/Coast Guard | |
| US/Marine Corps | |
| US/Navy |
Related Documents
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:The Pentagon’s “2015 Strategy” For Ruling the World | article | 3 July 2015 | Mike Whitney | A critique of the 2015 US National military strategy document |
| File:2015 US National Military Strategy.pdf | military strategy document | July 2015 | Joint Chiefs of Staff | Offical 2015 strategy of the US military concerning its equipment, deployments and doctrines. |
| File:Defense Strategic Guidance.pdf | report | January 2012 | US Department of Defense | |
| File:Owning the Weather.pdf | paper | August 1996 | Col Tamzy J. House James B. Near Jr. Lt Col William B. Shields Ronald J. Celentano David M. Husband Ann E. Mercer James E. Pugh | An official document of the US Air Force dealing with research and development of weather modification programs on a 25 year view. Its publication coincided with the start of an upsurge in public awareness and disquiet about 'Chemtrails' |
References
- ↑ https://www.ecowatch.com/military-largest-polluter-2408760609.html
- ↑ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/06/190620100005.htm
- ↑ https://www.indiatimes.com/technology/science-and-future/us-armed-forces-are-bigger-polluters-than-140-countries-increasing-climate-change-in-the-world-370042.html saved at Archive.org saved at Archive.is
- ↑ https://theecologist.org/2019/jun/27/us-military-pollution
- ↑ http://www.npr.org/2011/06/25/137414737/among-the-costs-of-war-20b-in-air-conditioning saved at Archive.org saved at Archive.is
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20190411235936/https://pollution.news/2018-09-27-why-the-us-military-is-the-worlds-largest-polluter.html saved at Archive.is
