NEWS REPORTING ON FORT ORD

What Lies Beneath: Vets worry polluted base made them ill, AP, Feb 23, 2022: excellent summary and first thing you should read

AP Investigation: toxic chemicals lie beneath Fort Ord, AP, Mar 4, 2022

What Lies Beneath: key findings of AP’s investigation, AP, Feb 23, 2022

CDC to Conduct Health Study at Polluted Former Army Base, AP, Nov 9, 2022: this request to CDC/ATSDR is a result of the AP investigative report. We still haven’t received their results.

Millions of Vets got health care under the PACT Act. Thousands left out want the same chance, Military.com, Dec 19, 2023: this explains the difficulty of getting VA benefits for those sick from Fort Ord.

Fort Ord: Agent Orange contamination, trails have grenades, VeteranLife.com: summarizes the history and current status of Ord.

Developing the former Fort Ord remains a tricky proposition, as Seaside has long realized, Monterey County Now, Dec 4, 2024

VA rejects evidence Agent Orange was used at Fort Ord, leaving ill veterans without aid, Monterey County Now, July 18, 2024

The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense ignore Veterans and their dependents sickened by Agent Orange, Military Poisons, Feb 10, 2025: summarizes a rule change that will make it harder to receive VA compensation for Agent Orange exposure