Army major faced retaliation for advocacy on water contamination

Toxic water on base made her family sick. Then her command tried to silence her.

An Air Force colonel illegally restricted an Army major from contacting a member of Congress about the health impacts she and her family faced from jet-fuel-laced drinking water in Hawaii, a federal watchdog found. The Pentagon Inspector General found that Air Force Col. Kenneth McAdams’ efforts to discourage Army Maj. Amanda Feindt from communicating with Congress as part of her advocacy efforts around the Red Hill fuel leak and water contamina…

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Army major faced retaliation for advocacy on water contamination

The officer is now part of a lawsuit representing active duty servicemembers subject to the water contamination.

Army outlines PFAS contamination at Tanani Point - Chilkat Valley News

(Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News) Staff from Brice Construction sink monitoring wells into the beach at Tanani Point on July 14, 2024, in Haines, Alaska. The site, which is owned by the U.S. Army used to be a tank farm which has been in various stages of testing and remediation for contamination for decades. Clean-up of so-called forever chemicals at Tanani Point remains unfunded and unscheduled, said U.S. Army representatives during a Mon…