Department of Defense Birth and Infant Health Registry: Annual Report on Birth Defects Among Infants Born to U.S. Military Families, January 1, 2000 Through December 31, 2000

AbstractThe Department of Defense is currently conducting a review of archival information in an attempt to verify the types, quantities, and locations of chemical warfare material and conventional munitions disposed of by the Department of Defense (DoD) in waters of the United States, in accordance with Section 314 of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), and report the results of that review annually in the Defense Environmental Programs Annual Report to Congress. Previous to this effort, disposal of military munitions, including chemical warfare materials (CWM) and conventional munitions, in the ocean from World War I through 1970 was done by many nations and was not well documented. A 2001 U.S. Army report entitled “Off-shore Disposal of Chemical Agents and Weapons Conducted by the United States” indicated that the disposal of CWM in the ocean through 1970 was more widespread geographically than was widely known. In accordance with Section 314, the DoD published updated information on disposals in the 2006 and 2007 “Defense Environmental Programs Annual Report to Congress.” Two directives implemented in 2006 and 2007, respectively, by the Minerals Management Service referenced an increased concern with unexploded ordnance (UXO) in deep water (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="bib5">NTLs 2006-G12</xref> and <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="bib6">2007-G01</xref>). With the industry’s increase in deep-water exploration, the potential for encounters with military munitions is increasing. This paper will describe an unprecedented in-depth study that provided the oil and gas industry quantitative avoidance criteria and risk management analysis of CWM including drums that were critical during a routine geohazard survey in the Gulf of Mexico. During the underway period, a team of UXO technicians from AMTI, an operation of Science Applications International Corporation, located and identified munitions and drums in one of seven known dumping zones in 1,710 feet of water. Using their global munitions expertise and the information obtained in the previously conducted study, AMTI provided analysis of supporting conclusions and risk mitigation strategies, including in-depth decontamination procedures. The UXO technicians used proven risk assessment and risk mitigation processes and quickly assessed and quantified risk.

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Active Surveillance of Birth Defects Among US Department of Defense Beneficiaries: Report of a Feasibility Study

10.21236/ada370217 ◽

1999 ◽

Author(s):

Ruth A. Bush ◽

Tyler C. Smith ◽

Donald E. Gee ◽

William K. Honner ◽

Oksana Lekarev

Keyword(s):

Active Surveillance ◽

Feasibility Study ◽

Birth Defects ◽

Department Of Defense

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Department of Defense Annual Report to Congress on Defense Acquisition Challenge Program for FY 2006

10.21236/ada486986 ◽

2007 ◽

Author(s):

John J. Kubricky

Keyword(s):

Department Of Defense ◽

Annual Report ◽

Defense Acquisition

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Department of Defense Suicide Event Report (DoDSER) Calendar Year 2010 Annual Report

10.21236/ada550275 ◽

2011 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Julie T. Kinn ◽

David D. Luxton ◽

Mark A. Reger ◽

Gregory A. Gahm ◽

Nancy A. Skopp ◽

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Keyword(s):

Department Of Defense ◽

Annual Report ◽

Event Report

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The Department of Defense Birth and Infant Health Research Program: Assessing the Reproductive Health of U.S. Active-Duty Women

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine ◽

10.1055/s-0039-1678751 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 36 (06) ◽

pp. 351-360

Author(s):

Zeina Khodr ◽

Anna Bukowinski ◽

Clinton Hall ◽

Gia Gumbs ◽

Natalie Wells ◽

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Keyword(s):

Reproductive Health ◽

Department Of Defense ◽

Health Research ◽

Infant Health ◽

Live Birth Rate ◽

Active Duty ◽

Epidemiologic Studies ◽

Reproductive Age ◽

Military Population ◽

The Military

AbstractAs the percentage of women serving in the active-duty military continues to grow, and as their roles continue to expand, the importance of monitoring reproductive health in the military community increases. The Department of Defense Birth and Infant Health Research (BIHR) program conducts ongoing epidemiologic studies to assess potential increased risks for adverse reproductive and infant health outcomes in the military population. Military personnel endure unique physical and mental demands as a part of their occupational duties (e.g., extensive preventive care, numerous trainings, and deployments), which require special consideration as parental exposures in reproductive health research that cannot be well assessed in the general population. From 2003 to 2014, the BIHR program captured 250,604 pregnancies among approximately 2.4 million active-duty women of reproductive age when limited to non-cadet Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps personnel. Approximately 15,000 live births occurred each year, and the live birth rate ranged from 76.9 per 1,000 in 2003 to 71.0 per 1,000 in 2014. Safety of military-unique preventive measures, environmental exposures, and occupational hazards in pregnancy are summarized herein. Reproductive health is important to our service members and their families, and optimizing the health of military families ultimately contributes to force readiness.

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