Department of Defense

Following are PEER news releases, white papers, surveys and other activities for Department of Defense:
News Releases
July 20, 2009  NERVE GAS LEAK DETECTORS INOPERATIVE FOR YEARS — Army Report Confirms Blue Grass Chemical Weapons Depot Was “Flying Blind”
May 5, 2009  NAVY SEEKS TO CONTINUE ILLEGAL MARINE DETONATIONS — Shifting Much of Underwater Explosives Operations from Puget Sound to San Diego
March 5, 2009  AIR FORCE WIPING OUT RARE WILDLIFE OF GUAM — Rampant Poaching, Beach Paving and Human Intrusion Ruins Island Habitat
November 20, 2008  NAVY DOWNSIZES PUGET SOUND DETONATIONS — Fewer Blasts, Smaller Charges and Long-Sought Marine Monitoring Adopted
July 29, 2008  NAVY SUED OVER PUGET SOUND DETONATIONS — Underwater Demolition Program a Threat to Marine Life
July 7, 2008  ARMY KNEW ALASKA BASE FAMILY HOUSING SITE WAS TOXIC — Audit Found Civil and Criminal Liability at Taku Gardens But No Action Taken
June 12, 2008  ARMY’S $100 MILLION HOUSING FROM HELL: ALASKA’S TAKU GARDENS — Responsibility Evaded for Uninhabitable Base Family Housing atop Weapons Dump
November 26, 2007  BLUE GRASS CHEMICAL WEAPON WHISTLEBLOWER HEARING TOMORROW — Current and Ex-Workers Testify on Safety, Preparedness and Culture of Reprisal
November 5, 2007  STATE CHARGES ARMY CHEMICAL WEAPONS DEPOT WITH VIOLATIONS — Criminal Probe Widens to Spill Cover-Ups and Falsification of Monitoring Reports
September 19, 2007  PLANNED ARMY EXPANSION WILL INCREASE POLLUTION — Air, Water, Traffic, Noise, Wildlife and Energy Impacts Seen for Major Force Hike
September 13, 2007  ARMY PLANS ENVIRONMENTAL MEGA-CONTRACTS WORTH $840 MILLION — National Contracts May Cripple Base Compliance and Conservation Capabilities
August 13, 2007  ARMY REPEALS ITS ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS LEAVING GUIDELINES — Army Cannot Be Held to Its Own Pollution Rules Which Are Also Being Rewritten
August 6, 2007  WEST POINT DROPS PLAN TO CONTRACT OUT ENVIRONMENTAL STAFF — Similar Plan at White Sands Missile Range Awaits Final Decision
July 31, 2007  PENTAGON ORDERS STRONGER WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS — Mandatory Investigations, Punishment for Retaliators, Appeals and Wider Coverage
June 20, 2007  U.S. ARMY TO CONTRACT OUT ENVIRONMENTAL STAFF — Call for Congressional Intervention to Avert Litigation
June 4, 2007  ARMY LOOKING AT BIG EXPANSION OF ARIZONA TRAINING GROUNDS — Half Million Acres of Public Land May Be Put Off-Limits
May 10, 2007  NEW WHISTLEBLOWER SURFACES AT CHEMICAL WEAPON DEPOT — Worker Safety, Environmental Violations and Data Falsification at Kentucky Facility
April 2, 2007  ARMY CHEMICAL WEAPONS DEPOT UNDER CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION — Federal Probe Targets Agent Leaks, Monitoring Failures & Environmental Violations
July 3, 2006  NAVY CONTINUES UP TO 300 DETONATIONS PER YEAR IN PUGET SOUND — Promised Environmental Mitigation Measures “Floundering” Due to Navy Resistance
February 13, 2006  ARMY TO BANISH WHISTLEBLOWER FROM CHEMICAL WEAPONS DEPOT — “Lack of Positive Attitude” Cited as Basis for Rescinding Clearance
September 14, 2005  CHEMICAL WEAPONS PLANTS ISSUE GAG ORDER TO EMPLOYEES — All Disclosures of Unclassified but “Sensitive” Information Must Be Cleared
September 2, 2005  CHEMICAL WEAPONS MONITOR FILES RETALIATION COMPLAINT — Emergency Response Capability at Chemical Weapons Depot in Doubt
August 25, 2005  CHEMICAL WEAPON LEAK DETECTORS INOPERATIVE — Monitors for VX Agent at Kentucky Storage Depot Not Working for Years
April 14, 2005  PENTAGON PARES BACK ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES — New Policy Drops Cleanup and Resource Conservation Duties
January 13, 2005  NAVY MOVES TO PREVENT MORE RIGHT WHALE DEATHS — Temporary Protections Should Be Made Permanent, Group Says
December 14, 2004  PENTAGON TO JETTISON ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES — New Policy Drops Public Health, Cleanup and Resource Conservation Duties
May 28, 2004  U.S. ARMY RESTORES ENVIRONMENTAL FUNDING — Money Suddenly Found One Day After Plan to Cut Revealed
May 27, 2004  U.S. ARMY JETTISONS ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE — "Severe" Environmental Cutbacks to Make Up for Budget Shortfall
January 26, 2004  PEER ATTORNEY IS NEW PENTAGON WHISTLEBLOWER OMBUDSMAN — Former Navy Whistleblower Now an Investigator & Advocate
October 1, 2003  GROUP CHARGES MMR 25-YEAR LEASE EXTENSION IS ILLEGAL — Files Notice of Lawsuit
September 9, 2003  PENTAGON ESCAPES POLLUTION LIABILITY UNDER NEW PCB RULING — Defense Pressed EPA for Cleanup Exemption
June 5, 2003  SHARP RISE IN POLLUTION AND SAFETY VIOLATIONS AT HAWAII'S HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE — Air Force to Lay Off Compliance Units Despite Audit Finding
May 19, 2003  PERCHLORATE CONTAMINATION WORSENS ON CAPE COD — Commonwealth Issues Cleanup Order to the Army
May 14, 2003  NAVY WHISTLEBLOWER CHALLENGES TERMINATION — Cutler Environmental Specialist Seeks Federal Protection
April 24, 2003  PENTAGON TO SUSPEND WHISTLEBLOWER AND ETHICS PROTECTIONS — No-bid Contracts a Recipe for Corruption and Cronyism
April 10, 2003  ENVIRONMENTAL SELF-POLICING IS LAX IN DEFENSE AGENCIES — Pentagon Retaliates Against its Environmental Staff
April 9, 2003  EPA STAFF STIFLE OBJECTIONS TO PENTAGON POLLUTION EXEMPTIONS — Top Official's Testimony Contradicts His Own Agency's Specialists
April 7, 2003  SUIT TO BLOCK DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OUTSOURCING OF ENVIRONMENTAL JOBS ADVANCES — Air Force Illegally Contracting Out Natural Resource Management, Employees Charge
March 20, 2003  PENTAGON TO INVOKE "NATIONAL SECURITY" EXEMPTIONS IN ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS — Some Exemptions May Be Permanent, Says Wolfowitz Memo
March 17, 2003  PENTAGON SEEKS IMMUNITY FOR DEFENSE CONTRACTOR POLLUTION VIOLATIONS — Backdoor Legalization of Perchlorate and Other Weapon Chemicals
March 11, 2003  FORT HOOD TO EXTEND SWEETHEART GRAZING DEAL, AGAIN — Army Complains 50-Year "Monopoly" Needs To End
January 13, 2003  PENTAGON READIES NEW ASSAULT ON ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS — DoD "Outreach" Campaign to Secure Statutory Exemptions, Administrative Rollbacks and Executive Order
January 13, 2003  PENTAGON PUTS ENVIRONMENTAL EXEMPTION DRIVE ON FAST TRACK — Pushing for Quick Approval of Legislative and Regulatory Changes
August 13, 2002  NAVY WHISTLEBLOWER GOES TO COURT — Environmental Compliance Officer Reported PCB Contamination At Cutler
June 27, 2002  NAVY BOMBING RIGHT WHALE FEEDING GROUNDS — Operations Occur as Congress Considers Environmental Exemptions
April 22, 2002  PENTAGON FILES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EXEMPTIONS — Mixed Earth Day Message for Bush Administration
April 8, 2002  PENTAGON SEEKS ENVIRONMENTAL EXEMPTIONS FOR THE MA MILITARY RESERVATION — Clean Up May Be Shelved
April 2, 2002  ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY REJECTS DEFENSE DEPARTMENT ATTEMPT TO SIDESTEP LAWS — DOD uses last-minute changes to seek broad exemptions from environmental laws
April 1, 2002  PENTAGON TO SEEK ENVIRONMENTAL EXEMPTIONS — Overrides Endangered Species, Clean Water & Marine Mammal Laws
August 21, 2001  NAVY CLAIMS ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS ARE THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY — Military to Seek Legislative Exemptions, Documents Show
June 13, 2001  WILDLIFE ON MILITARY BASES UNDER SIEGE — Survey Cites Threats from Contracting & Military Leadership
April 9, 2001  WHISTLEBLOWER SETTLEMENT AT LUKE AFB — Environmental Issues Still Being Litigated
December 6, 2000  PENTAGON REPORT VINDICATES CORPS WHISTLEBLOWER — Generals Manipulated Studies -- Discipline Recommended
June 5, 2000  SUIT TO BLOCK DEFENSE CONTRACTS FOR NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT — Air Force Illegally
May 16, 2000  AIR FORCE DRIVING PRONGHORN TO EXTINCTION — Former Supervising AF Biologist Gives Critical Testimony
January 20, 2000  AIR FORCE WHISTLEBLOWER FILES SUIT — Fired After Raising Problems at Goldwater Range
Surveys
2001  Survey of Military Fish & Wildlife Employees
Other PEER Activities
Dan Meyer's Testimony in Support of Renewal of the Sikes Act
Lawsuit Against USAF to Block Defense Contracts for Nat. Resource Mgmt: Suit 1
Lawsuit Against USAF to Block Defense Contracts for Nat. Resource Mgmt: Suit 2
Letter from the Director to the USAF Inspector General
Preliminary decision in the lawsuit against USAF to block defense contracts for Natural Resource Management: Pages 1-8
Preliminary decision in the lawsuit against USAF to block defense contracts for Natural Resource Management: Pages 18-26
Preliminary decision in the lawsuit against USAF to block defense contracts for Natural Resource Management: Pages 9-17
Working Papers: Seeking legislative exemptions to environmental laws