Press Release Archive

1999

• DoD Launches Depleted Uranium Training August 13, 1999
• Chemical Agent Detector Kit Information Paper Released August 13, 1999
• Iraqi Rocket Fuel Oxidizer Information Paper Released August 13, 1999
• Lessons Learned Prompt Better Medical Recordkeeping August 13, 1999
• DoD'S Gulf War Illnesses Office Releases 2nd Annual Report May 19, 1999
• RAND Review Finds Relationship between Stress and Gulf War Illnesses Uncertain May 19, 1999
• RAND Review Indicates No Evidence of Harmful Effects from Depleted Uranium April 15, 1999
• Presence of Chemical Warfare Agents at Cement Factory Assessed as "Unlikely" April 15, 1999
• DoD, RAND Announces Gulf War Investigational New Drugs Policy Review April 15, 1999

1998

• First Public Hearings of the Presidential Special Oversight Board for DoD Investigations of Gulf War Chemical and Biological Incidents November 18, 1998
• DoD Releases Second Environmental Exposure Report on Gulf War Illnesses - Effects of Oil Well Fires November 5, 1998
• Department of Defense Releases Report on Activities of the 11th Marines During the Gulf War November 5, 1998
• New Program Helps Veterans Find Medical Records August 4, 1998
• DoD Release Depleted Uranium Exposure Report August 4, 1998
• Chemicals Unlikely During US Occupation at An Nasiriyah August 4, 1998
• DoD Finds Two Czech Detections Credible; Others Indeterminate August 4, 1998
• Defense Team Preps Medics to Treat Gulf War Illnesses July 6, 1998
• Don't "Tough out" Gulf War Illnesses, Investigators Plead June 29, 1998
• Total Force Anthrax Vaccination Decision Announced May 22, 1998
• President Clinton Names Vice-Chair and Members of the Special Oversight Board April 27, 1998
• DoD Announce More Gulf War Illnesses Town Hall Meetings April 8, 1998
• DoD, MoD Release "Kuwaiti Girls' School" Gulf War Case Narrative March 19, 1998
• Accelerated Anthrax Vaccination Program to Enhance Force Protection Announced March 3, 1998
• President Clinton Names Senator Rudman As Chair of Special Oversight Board for DoD Investigations of Gulf War Chemical and Biological Incidents February 24, 1998
• VA and DoD Combine Efforts to Improve Health Care February 19, 1998

1997

• Department of Defense Goldenhar Syndrome Study Published December 1, 1997
• Army IG Completes Inquiry into Khamisiyah Weapons Demolition November 17, 1997
• DoD Announces Town Hall Meetings on Gulf War Illnesses November 14, 1997
• Secretary of Defense's Statement in Response to the Presidential Advisory Committee Report November 10, 1997
• $12 Million Awarded for Gulf War Health Research Studies November 10, 1997
• Inspector General Completes Review of Gulf War Logs October 23, 1997
• Latest DoD Case Narratives Released September 25, 1997
• Mustard Agent Exposure Case Narrative Released August 28, 1997
• Al Jubayl, SCUD Piece Case Narratives Released August 13, 1997
• Minefield Breaching Case Narrative, Fox Vehicle Information Paper Released July 29, 1997
• Troops not Exposed to Dangerous Levels of Chemical Agent July 24, 1997
• GulfLINK Address Changed, Search Capability Improved June 11, 1997
• New England Journal of Medicine Publishes Study of Birth Defects among Children of Gulf War Veterans June 4, 1997
• Camp Monterey Narrative Released May 22, 1997
• Pentagon Names Former Senator as Special Advisor for Gulf War Illnesses May 1, 1997
• DoD Announces Additions to Town Hall Meeting Schedule April 29, 1997
• DoD Seeks to Improve Gulf War Unit Location Information April 24, 1997
• DoD Announces Town Hall Meetings April 16, 1997
• GulfLINK Goes Interactive April 1, 1997
• DoD Press Release, Tuesday April 1, 1997
• DoD Inspector General Directed to Take over CENTCOM Log Inquiry March 3, 1997
• Khamisiyah Interim Narrative Released February 25, 1997

1996

• DoD News Release, Pentagon Receives Computer Modeling Progress Report December 20, 1996
• New England Journal of Medicine Releases Peer-Reviewed Gulf War Veteran Hospitalization Study November 14, 1996
• Gulf War Illnesses Team Expands November 12, 1996
• DoD Expands Outreach to and Seeks Help from Gulf War Veterans October 22, 1996
• Deputy Secretary of Defense Broadens DoD Investigative Actions on Persian Gulf War Illnesses September 25, 1996
• Notifications of Possible Chemical Weapons Exposure to be Made September 18, 1996
• DoD Comprehensive Clinical Evaluation Program Database Available for Independent Scientific Investigation September 4, 1996
• $7.3 Million Awarded for Gulf War Health Research Studies June 20, 1996
• Report Released on Evaluation and Care of More than 18,000 Gulf War Veterans April 2, 1996
• Department of Defense Responds to the Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses -- Interim Report February 14, 1996

1995

• Studies on Gulf War Veterans to be Disclosed October 24, 1995
• Department of Defense Gulf War Documents Disclosed Via "GulfLINK" Internet Homepage August 3, 1995
• Study of 10,020 Active Duty Military and Families Finds No Evidence of Unique Persian Gulf War Illness August 1, 1995
• "Toll-Free" Gulf War Incident-Reporting Telephone Line Opened May 24, 1995
• Call for New Persian Gulf Veterans' Research Announced May 23, 1995
• President Expands Commitment to Persian Gulf Vets and DoD's Multimillion Dollar Research and Care Effort March 9, 1995
• Defense Issues Volume 10, Number 27: Gulf Illnesses: Stepped-up Efforts, New Research Initiatives March 9, 1995
• President's Address to the VFW Mid-Winter Conference March 6, 1995

1994

• New Initiatives Announced for Gulf War Veterans and Families December 13, 1994