{"id":2253636,"date":"2024-05-27T05:15:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T09:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mission-to-serve-veterans-and-entrepreneurs-join-forces-to-help-toxic-burn-pit-victims\/"},"modified":"2024-05-27T05:18:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T09:18:00","slug":"mission-to-serve-veterans-and-entrepreneurs-join-forces-to-help-toxic-burn-pit-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mission-to-serve-veterans-and-entrepreneurs-join-forces-to-help-toxic-burn-pit-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Veterans and entrepreneurs collaborate to aid toxic burn pit sufferers: A Serving Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmission-to-serve-veterans-and-entrepreneurs-join-forces-to-help-toxic-burn-pit-victims%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2253636&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Black Rifle Coffee, founded by former U.S. Army Green \u2062Beret\u200c Evan Hafer and former U.S. \u200dArmy\u2063 Ranger Mat Best, and\u2063 HunterSeven, co-founded \u2062by ex-National Guard Chelsey Simoni, are veteran organizations that have\u200b combined efforts to \u2063fund crucial research for comrades affected by exposure\u2062 to\u200d toxic\u200c chemicals during\u200b service.\u2064 While maintaining distinct approaches,\u200d both share a mission that supports veterans, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/civil-war-is-brewing-in-france-thousands-of-soldiers-warn-macron-of-dire-threat-from-islamization\/\" title=\"\u2018Civil War Is Brewing In France\u2019: Thousands Of Soldiers Warn Macron Of Dire Threat From \u2018Islamization\u2019\">active-duty military<\/a>, and \u2064first responders. \u200bThey\u2019re particularly focusing on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/4-baseless-conspiracy-theories-the-media-continues-to-report-as-fact\/\" title=\"4 Baseless Conspiracy Theories The Media Continues To Report As Fact\">long-term impacts<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-expanding-benefits-to-veterans-exposed-to-toxic-burn-pits\/\" title=\"Biden admin. expanding benefits to veterans exposed to toxic burn pits\">toxic burn pits<\/a> used\u200d in U.S.\u2063 military\u200c bases \u200dduring the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.\u2062 Simoni is urging for nationwide veteran testing to enable early medical treatment.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>When two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/veterans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>veteran<\/a> organizations get together to do something helpful, it is bound to be purposeful and successful. That is exactly what is happening between the founders of Black Rifle Coffee and HunterSeven, who have joined forces to support and fund life-saving research for veterans who were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/448867\/biden-celebrates-anniversary-of-toxic-burn-pits-legislation-in-utah-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>exposed to toxic chemicals<\/a> during their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/u-s-military\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>military service<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While they both approach their post-military posts very differently, their mission together makes sense.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2014 by former U.S. Army Green Beret Evan Hafer and former U.S. Army Ranger Mat Best, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/169066\/black-rifle-coffee-doubles-support-for-joe-rogan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Black Rifle Coffee Company<\/a> was built upon a mission to serve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/coffee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>coffee<\/a> and culture to people who hold the love of country dear. Known for their unapologetic, in-your-face advertising, cheeky Instagram posts, and, most importantly, premier coffee, they have made their mark by all three driven by a mission that supports veterans, active-duty military, and first responders.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>HunterSeven and Black Rifle Coffee Company have joined forces to expose the long-term effects of burn pits located on U.S. military bases use\u00a0during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. (Courtesy of Black Rifle Coffee Company)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>HunterSeven is less in your face.<\/p>\n<p>The foundation, co-founded by Chelsey Simoni, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-doctors-reveal-vaccines-turn-our-immune-systems-against-us\/\" title=\"Top Doctors Reveal Vaccines Turn Our Immune Systems Against Us\">public health nurse<\/a> and former member of the Rhode Island Army National Guard, researches military exposures and the impact they have on the health of the veterans who have been exposed to deadly chemicals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe foundation is named for the call sign of Sgt. Maj. Rob Bowman, who died after being exposed to toxic burn pits in Iraq,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<p>Both organizations have joined together to expose the long-term effects these burn pits located on U.S. military bases during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars had on soldiers, with Black Rifle Coffee using its cultural impact to raise money for the foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Simoni explained burn pits are \u201cthese crater-type holes that are used to place waste,\u201d and the result is they release known carcinogens into the air.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>(Courtesy of Black Rifle Coffee Company)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI was seeing, over and over again, this pattern of otherwise very healthy veterans returning from deployment developing leukemia, cancer, and these chronic lung conditions, and I knew something wasn\u2019t right,\u201d said Simoni, who said that was research she was doing as part of her undergraduate work.<\/p>\n<p>That research led her to review the health impact of burn pits in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iraq\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Iraq<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The results were startling. \u201cTwo weeks of research with over a hundred <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iraq-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Iraq War<\/a> veterans participating confirmed my theory there was a profound increase in these respiratory systems after they returned from deployment,\u201d Simoni explained.<\/p>\n<p>That led her to a new mission: getting veterans across the country tested so they could be treated before the problems progressed beyond help. Her challenge was that it was expensive, the Department of Veterans Affairs was slow-moving, and she needed money and a megaphone to help the nonprofit group complete its mission to provide post-9\/11 veterans with information on the long- and short-term consequences of these exposures.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>U.S. armored military vehicles are parked in front of a fire in a trash burn pit in 2011 at Forward Operating Base Caferetta Nawzad, Helmand province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo\/Simon Klingert, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That is when Black Rifle Coffee stepped up and in.<\/p>\n<p>As Best explains, it was an easy fit. \u201cWe began several years ago when we provided a grant that would cover a new round of medical research exploring the effects of toxic exposure in Afghanistan. It was a cause we wanted to champion,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Mondzelewski, the CEO of Black Rifle Coffee, said the partnership made sense \u201cbecause we have always been and remain committed to the support of our veterans.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption>Black Rifle Coffee Company co-founders Mat Best, left, and Jarred Taylor, second from right, and HunterSeven co-founder Chelsey Simoni, right, meet former congresswoman and U.S. Army Reserve officer Tulsi Gabbard.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mondzelewski said the partnership between the two organizations began in earnest last November ahead of Veterans Day when Black Rifle Coffee, along with the UFC, joined to raise money for HunterSeven. \u201cOur Veterans Day event with the UFC and HunterSeven Foundation raised over $250,000 in one weekend for veterans battling cancer, and that is just the beginning,\u201d Mondzelewski said.<\/p>\n<p>Simoni\u2019s voice wavered as she explained that the money raised opened the door for hundreds of veterans to be tested for these cancers and respiratory illnesses that would have gone undetected for years.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement at the time of the event, Simoni said that when she looks back on her time in the military, she remembers not just those lost from combat but also those who were lost from cancer once they came home. Simoni said the numbers were staggering of her fellow warriors who were diagnosed with cancer during and after 9\/11.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is over a half a million,\u201d she said, growing quiet. \u201cOne in 7 or more than a half a million of fellow service members.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have the research and capability to save as many veterans through testing. Now, we have the partnership to raise the money to do so,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>HunterSeven uses the funds to test military veterans through early identification and screening, something veterans cannot access or afford through the normal channels because they have not presented yet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After the UFC event, CEO Dana White said taking care of the men and women who serve this country is something that has always been important to him and is a matter he and the entire UFC family care deeply about.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been talking about this a lot lately, aligning myself and the UFC with companies that have the same core values. Veterans have put their lives on the line and sacrificed so much to protect our way of life, and I\u2019m proud of the work that we do with partners like Black Rifle Coffee Company to help our vets get the medical care and services they need to live healthier lives,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Rifle Coffee and HunterSeven, two veteran organizations, merge efforts for a noble cause. They endeavor to fund essential research for veterans, aiding those affected by exposure to toxic substances during service. 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