We want to thank the Blue Water Navy Awareness group for sharing with us two critical pieces of legislation that were recently introduced in Congress. The pair of bills relate to Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans and their ability to get service-connected disability benefits for diseases associated with Agent Orange and other herbicides used during the Vietnam War.<\/p>\n
First, HR 969 (the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act) was introduced in February of this year and it has considerable bi-partisan support. The bill would include as part of the Republic of Vietnam its \u201cterritorial seas\u201d for purposes of the presumption of service-connection for diseases associated with exposure by veterans to certain herbicide agents while in Vietnam.<\/p>\n
As the bill\u2019s sponsor, Representative Christopher Gibson (R-NY) said, this legislation, \u201cplaces Navy Personnel on the same playing field as those who served on Vietnamese territory during the war \u2013 it\u2019s the right thing to do.\u201d We (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We want to thank the Blue Water Navy Awareness group for sharing with us two critical pieces of legislation that were recently introduced in Congress. The pair of bills relate to Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans and their ability to…<\/span><\/p>\n