Help us build a Burn Pit Registry for military contractors

Every time the U.S. military deploys, an invisible army of civilian contractors deploys alongside them. Most of them are serving food to our troops, building housing, washing laundry, stacking boxes, and filling out work orders. These civilian employees face many of the same dangers as our troops, including rocket attacks, IEDs -- and burn pits.

Many contractors have gone home with life altering injuries and illnesses. With no VA to turn to, they often pay for their own medical treatment, draining their savings. Some of them die, and their families never get answers or support.

The Association of War Zone Contractors is changing that.

AOWC is a new nonprofit dedicated to ensuring that civilian contractors serving the U.S. military are seen, heard, protected, and counted.

That begins with a Burn Pit Registry to capture essential baseline data on contractors exposed to burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Help us build this database and advocate for change to support the contractors who served alongside our troops.

Photo Credit: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Photo Credit: Greg Roberts, Joint Base Balad, January to May 2009