-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! ARTICLE 10 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Another BioPort Scam? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ed.: Good news! Anthrax vaccinations were just further curtailed with priority allocations of the vaccine are reserved for troops reporting to Middle-East assignments. In the big picture the scam continues. Now, DoD will assist BioPort to renovate. What are the reasons? This author poses several important questions and suggests that concerned taxpayers should get a tour of the facility. I agree. ********************************************* By Sid Greeneit Wake up! BioPort is being renovated by the taxpayer, so they can underbid all other companies on the new vaccines under development. It does not take a rocket scientist to validate a filling and packaging line (nor does it take 2 years to validate this process) just follow the FDA guidelines on sterility, environmental testing, time, temperature and labeling.. A company can run three shifts and adequately fill enough vaccine to furnish the numbers of service "people" we have now. Packaging is a no-brainer. I think a group of concerned taxpayers should request a tour of this facility to verify what is going on. Is this company putting in bioreactor suites (bioreactors are used for virus vaccine production, not bacterial vaccine production)? Is the taxpayer paying for additional fermentors (fermentors are used for bacterial growth for vaccine production)? Consistent potency testing is always going to be a problem with this product because we're testing a 1970's product with 2000 technology. It's too sensitive. Even if you try to use 1970's testing procedures, titration volumes are now more consistent, yet the product is inconsistent. I would be more comfortable with an FDA licensed vaccine manufacturer producing the product (at least the sterility would be consistent) and letting BioPort fill the product. (But of course you can contaminate the final product during the filling operation.) If this company has nothing to hide, then the managers should allow citizen tours and be open to answering questions. Who are the silent partners of this company anyway? ============================================================ ARTICLE 11 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ More Voices from the Frontlines ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ed.: Honest opinions of people who want to vent... *********************************************************** Keep The Patrol Cap ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I would settle for just fan belts, tires, and radiator hoses for our HMMWVs. And maybe some fuel to get to a training range. That would make me feel good about myself and reinforce my self-esteem more than a scrap of black wool for my noggin! Knowing the Guard as I do, rainbow wigs will be the issue headgear and the beret will be obsolete by the time we get them. I plan on keeping my patrol cap! What are they going to do? Make me stand in the corner and miss recess? A Cav Trooper ----------------------------------------------------------- BMT Is Way Too Easy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ By a former USAF NCO It was bad enough when I went through BMT in 1978. I saw guys who looked like they were having LSD flashbacks still make it through and graduate. One thing I will always insist: AF BMT is way too short and training too minimal. Six weeks, come on! When I was an NCO in southern Europe working on Wideband Communications Sites, I saw airmen who, for the most part, just considered it a job or less. I wondered if they would have the cajones to really go for it if it hit the fan. Some had sorry attitudes but when after some verbal counseling sessions didn't work, that Letter of Counseling usually got their attention. One thing I noticed in BMT: a lot of this social engineering crap that we see today started in the late 70s in the Air Force. The discussions on Type A personalities and Type B stuff and "tapes" were OK, but leadership... that's what has been lost. It has gotten much worse, yes, but damn, you don't motivate people by just telling them things in one day and going on to the next subject and assume it has been absorbed. AF BMT should be at least twelve weeks to weed out the doo-dahs. The Air Force needs to stop playing the numbers game. That is the only way it will earn the respect it needs to get good people. ----------------------------------------------------------- Double Standards and Weak Recruits ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ed.: I received this response to our article on the Marine recruit who was given more than ample opportunity to become a full Marine. *********************************************************** By S. Wagner I am responding to the article "Double Standards and Weak Recruits." The article was filled with inaccuracies and half-truths. The bottom line is that the recruit is presently in PCP (Physical Conditioning Platoon) and will remain there until he can pass the Physical Fitness Test....a graduation requirement for all recruits. He has been given until 1 Jan to accomplish this. The recruit has never graduated or participated in any graduation ceremonies. The entire second to last paragraph prattling on about "administrative graduation" and the "Brigadier" ordering people to forget the matter or face the consequences has all been taken out of thin air....or in this case the imagination of the "insider." None of that paragraph is true. I wonder about the standards of the person who would write something that either he or she knows is not true or doesn't take the time to find out the truth....or ask the Regimental Commander about the issue; that's a novel idea. One final thought: Somewhere in all of this, someone should give some credit to the recruit for sticking it out and accepting the challenge to become a Marine. =========================================================== ARTICLE 12 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Troop Health Issues: Gulf War Symptoms Linked to Brain Damage ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ed.: Hats off to these Texas researchers - although the Government still denies any major issue, these guys are telling us that there seems to be a linkage between certain chemicals used to protect the troops during desert Storm and other deployments. Thank God we're a country where we don't just buy every official story. *********************************************************** CHICAGO (Reuters) - Symptoms such as memory loss and dizziness suffered by US veterans with Gulf War syndrome can be correlated to specific areas of the brain where cells have died, probably from chemical exposure, researchers said on Monday. In 1999, doctors from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas reported that brain scans performed on people with symptoms of Gulf War syndrome showed depleted cells in three areas of their brains. ``This year we show that brain cell losses from specific areas of the brain correlate with different symptoms and abnormalities,'' lead researcher Robert Haley said in a report released at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America. The scans performed on 12 veterans with severe cases of the syndrome found brain cell losses of between 10% and 25% in three regions deep inside the brain-the basal ganglia in each hemisphere and the brain stem. Scans performed on healthy veterans of the 1990-1991 Gulf War were normal. The Texas researchers have found the amount of brain cell loss in the Gulf War veterans to be comparable to that of patients with brain diseases like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease), multiple sclerosis, dementia and other degenerative neurological disorders, although the brain areas affected are different. Veterans with damage to the right basal ganglia appeared to share symptoms such as impaired sense of direction, memory lapses and depression. Brain cell losses on the left side appeared to cause more general confusion, including difficulty in understanding instructions, reading, solving problems and making decisions. Left side damage also appeared to correlate with elevated levels of dopamine, a neurotransmitter involved in movement and emotion. Different Symptoms Experienced Damage to the brain stem appeared to account at least in part for loss of balance and dizzy spells in the veterans. ``This helps explain why not all patients have the same exact symptoms. Depending on which brain regions were damaged by chemicals in the war, veterans may have more or different types of symptoms,'' Haley said. In past research the Texas team has identified three primary Gulf War syndromes, and tried to link sets of symptoms with different combinations of chemicals toxic to brain cells. Syndrome 1, commonly found in veterans who wore pesticide-containing flea collars, is marked by impaired cognition. Syndrome 2, called confusion ataxia, is the most severe and debilitating. It was found among veterans who said they were exposed to low-level nerve gas and experienced side effects from anti-nerve gas pyridostigmine (PB), tablets. ``It may have been the combination of low-level nerve gas exposure and anti-gas tablets that caused the brain damage underlying (the most severe form of the) syndrome,'' Haley said. Syndrome 3, characterized by central pain, is found in veterans who wore insect repellent with high concentrations of DEET, a repellent chemical, and who experienced side effects from the anti-nerve gas tablets. The researchers noted that brain scans performed on veterans suffering from combat stress and post-traumatic stress symptoms did not correlate significantly with damage in any of the three brain regions. As many as 100,000 of the 700,000 US soldiers who served in the Gulf War complain of symptoms, which many attribute to exposure to chemicals. =========================================================== ARTICLE 13 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GI HUMOR - US Army Oath of Enlistment (CONFIDENTIAL) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ed.: You are the first to know of it, even before the Washington Times tears into it! >From my secret Marine Pentagon spies, here is the new Army Oath that will be administered with the Black Beret for all. Warning: Politically Incorrect! ********************************************* I, Rambo, swear to sign away 4 years of my mediocre life to the United States Army because I couldn't score high enough on the ASVAB to get into the Air Force, because I'm not tough enough for the Marines, and the Navy won't take me because I can't swim. I will wear camouflage every day and tuck my trousers in my boots because I can't figure out how to use blousing straps. I promise to wear my uniform 24 hours a day even when I have a date. I will continue to tell myself that I am a fierce killing machine because my Drill Sergeant told me I am, despite the fact that the only action I will ever see is a court-martial for sexual harassment. I acknowledge the fact that I will make E-8 in my first that it is because I scored perfect on my PT test. After completion of my sexual...er...I mean Boot Camp, I will attend a different Army school once every other month and return knowing less than I did when I left. On my first trip home after Boot Camp, I will walk around like I am cool and propose to my 9th grade sweetheart. I will make my wife stay home because if I let her out she might leave me for a smarter Air Force guy or a better-looking Marine. Should she leave me twelve times, I will continue to take her back. While at work, I will maintain a look of knowledge while getting absolutely nothing accomplished. I will arrive at work every day at 1000 hrs because of morning PT and leave every day at 1300 to report back to the company. I understand that I will undergo no training whatsoever that will help me get a job upon separation, and will end up working in construction with my friends from high school. I will brag to everyone about the Army giving me $30,000 for college, but will be unable to use it because I can't pass a placement exam. So help me God. S Signature/Date =============================================================== ARTICLE 14 - MEDAL OF HONOR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ed.: REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR! 7 December 1941 --A sailor gives his life to rescue 2 comrades. In all, 14 men were awarded the MOH for their actions during that day. If you know of any MOH recipient who is hospitalized or has passed recently, please write James H. Also, if you would like more info on MOH recipients and their stories, please email James H at [EMAIL PROTECTED] *********************************************************** *HAMMERBERG, OWEN FRANCIS PATRICK Rank and organization: Boatswain's Mate Second Class, U.S. Navy. Born: 31 May 1920, Daggett, Mich. Accredited to: Michigan. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty as a diver engaged in rescue operations at West Loch, Pearl Harbor, 17 February 1945. Aware of the danger when 2 fellow divers were hopelessly trapped in a cave-in of steel wreckage while tunneling with jet nozzles under an LST sunk in 40 feet of water and 20 feet of mud. Hammerberg unhesitatingly went overboard in a valiant attempt to effect their rescue, despite the certain hazard of additional cave-ins and the risk of fouling his lifeline on jagged pieces of steel imbedded in the shifting mud. Washing a passage through the original excavation, he reached the first of the trapped men, freed him from the wreckage and, working desperately in pitch-black darkness, finally effected his release from fouled lines, thereby enabling him to reach the surface. Wearied but undaunted after several hours of arduous labor, Hammerberg resolved to continue his struggle to wash through the oozing submarine, subterranean mud in a determined effort to save the second diver. Venturing still farther under the buried hulk, he held tenaciously to his purpose, reaching a place immediately above the other man just as another cave-in occurred and a heavy piece of steel pinned him crosswise over his shipmate in a position which protected the man beneath from further injury while placing the full brunt of terrific pressure on himself. Although he succumbed in agony 18 hours after he had gone to the aid of his fellow divers, Hammerberg, by his cool judgment, unfaltering professional skill and consistent disregard of all personal danger in the face of tremendous odds, had contributed effectively to the saving of his 2 comrades. His heroic spirit of self-sacrifice throughout enhanced and sustained the highest traditions of the U.S. Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life in the service of his country. =========================================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EDITOR'S NOTE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For Article Submissions: 1. Try to keep articles to 700 words or less. SUBMIT IN WORD FORMAT, if possible! 2. Submit your piece to one of our subject matter experts who can assist you in pre-editing prior to final publication decision, unless you feel strongly that your issue is so hot that Zimm needs to see it personally and immediately. 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