Fires burning during
the Gulf War Approximately 697,000 men and women served in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm from August 1990 to June 1991 during the Gulf War. In the years since they returned, nearly a quarter of Gulf War veterans have experienced illnesses that have led VA and others to investigate whether exposures during deployment caused their symptoms. The research is unclear, although many studies have been and continue to be conducted.
Operation Iraqi Freedom is creating a new group of Gulf War veterans and reinforcing VA’s clinical and research commitment to better understand health issues reported by Gulf War veterans and to monitor Gulf War veterans’ health.
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