Ft Bragg, Ft Sill Mold One twisted tale!

[Guest guest]

Jack,

A lot of the background on this may be read on Katy's Exposure Blog. Army

wives were threatened for speaking out. The DOJ used VeriTox to deny

liability at Ft Sill in 2006. See below. It goes into a liason being fired

for

speaking out and how they controlled the media over this.

_http://katysexposure.wordpress.com/2010/04/15/allegations-arise-of-threats-

made-by-top-fort-bliss-command-threats-intimidation-if-soldiers-families-spo

ke-out-about-black-mold-lead-paint-asbestos-in-housing/_

(http://katysexposure.wordpress.com/2010/04/15/allegations-arise-of-threats-made\

-by-top-fort-bl

iss-command-threats-intimidation-if-soldiers-families-spoke-out-about-black-

mold-lead-paint-asbestos-in-housing/)

2010:

_Fort Sill public affairs officer retires_

(http://www.army.mil/-news/2010/07/08/41957-fort-sill-public-affairs-officer-ret\

ires/)

There are also more mundane stories that gained national attention; USA

Today put Fort Sill mold on the front page in 2008.

" Big Army public affairs was getting ready to deal with that because they

had experience, but we were able to show reporters that there was no story

and the big network reporters canceled their interviews with the secretary

of the Army because there was no story. The Army's chief of media called

and told us whatever we were doing, keep doing it. " Long said.

Getting the Fort Sill story, and more importantly, the Army story, out to

the public is one of the pillars of the public affairs office. Long said

developing a relationship with local media especially, and state and national

media in general, is vitally important to the post.

2008:

Washington Post

Makes Repairs in Wake of Soldiers' Complaints

POSTED: 02:50 PM ET, 08/18/2008 by Kravitz

(http://voices.washingtonpost.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-search.cgi?blog_id=412 & tag=Walte\

r%20 & limit=20)

Twenty soldiers told USA TODAY's Gregg Zoroya last week that complaints

regarding mold at Fort Sill in Lawton, Okla., _went unanswered_

(http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2008-08-17-mold_N.htm) for months and

that they

were later ordered not to publicly speak about the facility's poor

conditions.

In response, Army officials replaced ventilation ducts in two barracks that

had been encrusted with mold and Maj. Gen. Vangiel, the commanding

officer at the base, said it was " inappropriate " for soldiers to be

prohibited from talking about problems at the facility, according to USA TODAY.

USA Today:

Fort Sill liaison forced to quit amid mold problem

(http://asp.usatoday.com/marketing/rss/rsstrans.aspx?ssts=news|military)

(http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true & url=http://www.usatoday.com/news\

/military/2008-08-19-fortsill_N.htm & title=Fort Sill liaison forced to

quit amid mold problem & summary= & source=USATODAY.com)

By _Gregg Zoroya_

(http://www.usatoday.com/community/tags/reporter.aspx?id=233) , USA TODAY

FORT SILL, Okla. — An Army social services coordinator here who told USA

TODAY about poor conditions at Fort Sill's unit for wounded soldiers has

been forced out of his job, the employee and base officials said Tuesday.

Soldiers meeting with Army Secretary Pete Geren here on Tuesday said Chuck

Roeder, 54, was a strong advocate for their problems and should not have

been forced to leave.

On Monday, USA TODAY reported that the unit's barracks were infested with

mold and that soldiers had been ordered by commanders not to speak about

conditions there. Maj. Gen. Vangjel, Fort Sill's commander, said base

officials had started to investigate and fix the problems.

2006:

DOJ hires Veritox to defeat claims of sick military family at Ft Sill.

[Guest guest]

Thanks. Just as I suspected. White washed by the government and the armed

services.

[] Ft Bragg, Ft Sill Mold One twisted tale!

Jack,

A lot of the background on this may be read on Katy's Exposure Blog. Army

wives were threatened for speaking out. The DOJ used VeriTox to deny

liability at Ft Sill in 2006. See below. It goes into a liason being fired for

speaking out and how they controlled the media over this.

_http://katysexposure.wordpress.com/2010/04/15/allegations-arise-of-threats-

made-by-top-fort-bliss-command-threats-intimidation-if-soldiers-families-spo

ke-out-about-black-mold-lead-paint-asbestos-in-housing/_

(http://katysexposure.wordpress.com/2010/04/15/allegations-arise-of-threats-made\

-by-top-fort-bl

iss-command-threats-intimidation-if-soldiers-families-spoke-out-about-black-

mold-lead-paint-asbestos-in-housing/)

2010:

_Fort Sill public affairs officer retires_

(http://www.army.mil/-news/2010/07/08/41957-fort-sill-public-affairs-officer-ret\

ires/)

There are also more mundane stories that gained national attention; USA

Today put Fort Sill mold on the front page in 2008.

" Big Army public affairs was getting ready to deal with that because they

had experience, but we were able to show reporters that there was no story

and the big network reporters canceled their interviews with the secretary

of the Army because there was no story. The Army's chief of media called

and told us whatever we were doing, keep doing it. " Long said.

Getting the Fort Sill story, and more importantly, the Army story, out to

the public is one of the pillars of the public affairs office. Long said

developing a relationship with local media especially, and state and national

media in general, is vitally important to the post.

2008:

Washington Post

Makes Repairs in Wake of Soldiers' Complaints

POSTED: 02:50 PM ET, 08/18/2008 by Kravitz

(http://voices.washingtonpost.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-search.cgi?blog_id=412 & tag=Walte\

r%20 & limit=20)

Twenty soldiers told USA TODAY's Gregg Zoroya last week that complaints

regarding mold at Fort Sill in Lawton, Okla., _went unanswered_

(http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2008-08-17-mold_N.htm) for months and

that they

were later ordered not to publicly speak about the facility's poor

conditions.

In response, Army officials replaced ventilation ducts in two barracks that

had been encrusted with mold and Maj. Gen. Vangiel, the commanding

officer at the base, said it was " inappropriate " for soldiers to be

prohibited from talking about problems at the facility, according to USA

TODAY.

USA Today:

Fort Sill liaison forced to quit amid mold problem

(http://asp.usatoday.com/marketing/rss/rsstrans.aspx?ssts=news|military)

(http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true & url=http://www.usatoday.com/news\

/military/2008-08-19-fortsill_N.htm & title=Fort Sill liaison forced to

quit amid mold problem & summary= & source=USATODAY.com)

By _Gregg Zoroya_

(http://www.usatoday.com/community/tags/reporter.aspx?id=233) , USA TODAY

FORT SILL, Okla. — An Army social services coordinator here who told USA

TODAY about poor conditions at Fort Sill's unit for wounded soldiers has

been forced out of his job, the employee and base officials said Tuesday.

Soldiers meeting with Army Secretary Pete Geren here on Tuesday said Chuck

Roeder, 54, was a strong advocate for their problems and should not have

been forced to leave.

On Monday, USA TODAY reported that the unit's barracks were infested with

mold and that soldiers had been ordered by commanders not to speak about

conditions there. Maj. Gen. Vangjel, Fort Sill's commander, said base

officials had started to investigate and fix the problems.

2006:

DOJ hires Veritox to defeat claims of sick military family at Ft Sill.