The Effects of Smoke on the Military

"I can taste the stuff in the back of my, you know, it tastes like you could taste it really," he says. "It's not just this vaporous gas. They're actually particles of things ... put them under a magnifying glass and you can see it." He adds: "You sign away your life in so many different ways when you enlist or join the military" It was one person's job to sit out there and deal with that; they had all along the wire guarding the burn pits.