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Bluehawk
What he said. Why you wanna get sick
I originally voted Yes to this. It was a real hassle to bag dirty sand and go driving around cleaning stuff up before and after field exercises. I always felt we could have better spent our time training rather then on police call. After reading the above comments though and thinking about the uranium and other materials we left in the Gulf I have to answer No now. There is no need for military personnel to be exposed any more then necessary to environmentally hazardous material. The material should be removed by contracted technicians trained in such matters, not by soldier, sailors and marines who have no training in this and have far more important ways to spend their training time.
YES, since even The Military shouldn't foul its very own drinking water or the air "They" must breath.
NO, since to protect creatures of the forest and the forest itself in Live Fire Training Areas, would be quite asinine at best.
Neil
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