Letters

I am writing to you to request help obtaining a complete copy of my military records and for a clarification of the NARA policy regarding the release of a Veteran’s military records under FOIA/PA.

I, like thousands of other Veterans, have been unable to resolve my Veterans Administration (VA) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) claims because the Department of Defense (DoD) is preventing the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) from releasing Veterans’ records, and the NPRC is not complying with FOIA/PA requirements.  I have been trying to get a complete copy of my military records for over 44 years. [Read More…]

Thousands of Veterans and their family members are being defrauded of their Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits because the Veteran was exposed to classified radioactive waste, debris, or material while serving in the military.  We, the injured Veterans, have been fighting for recognition of our Service Connected (SC) injuries for 38 to 72 years, and many of us have spent decades severely ill, in pain, and homeless.  Unfortunately, many of us have died from diseases/conditions/illnesses which are the result of our radiation exposure (with the inhalation and ingestion of the radioactive particles) or committed suicide while waiting for justice. [Read More…]

Dear Secretary Perry: Thousands of Veterans are being defrauded of their Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits because of their exposure to radioactive waste, debris, or material from the nuclear weapons program. Because the source of the radioactive contamination is classified (nuclear weapons program), the environmental records (site assessment and remediation) and our military records (administrative and [Read More…]

Several dozen people from George AFB have told me that the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) is NOT releasing their military and medical records. Parents have NOT been able to get their children’s medical records from George AFB Hospital, and this includes autopsy reports and death certificates from the NPRC. Adults who were born at or grew up on George AFB have not [Read More…]

Frank Vera III GeorgeAFB.Info BaseFamilyHousing.Info PO Box 1313 Jamestown, CA, 95327-1313 Phone: 209-782-4541 28 February 2016 By Email: [email protected] Mary Aycock EPA Site Manager George AFB US EPA Region 9 Mail Code SFD 75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco, CA 94105 415-972-3289 Re: George AFB’s Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Testing Radiological Decontamination Centers Ms. Aycock: With the recent declassification and/or release of documents, through FOIA, [Read More…]

GeorgeAFB.Info BaseFamilyHousing.Info Frank Vera PO Box 1313 Jamestown, CA, 95327-1313 Phone: 209-782-4541 31 December 2015 By Email: [email protected] Mr. Donald Gronstal BRAC Environmental Coordinator (George) Air Force Civil Engineer Center 3411 Olson Street McClellan, CA 95652-1003 916-643-3672 ext. 211 [email protected] Re: FIVE-YEAR CERCLA REVIEW – Former George Air Force Base, CA – EPA Superfund ID: CA2570024453 Introduction  The right tool for the job DOD or [Read More…]