****************************************
>
>A History of Secret U.S. Government Programs
>
>
>The following is a list of this century's most controversial government
>activities. It will be updated regularly in order to keep readers abreast
of
>newly declassified materials:
>1931
>Dr. Cornelius Rhoads, under the auspices of the Rockefeller Institute for
>Medical Investigations, infects human subjects with cancer cells. He later
>goes
>on to establish the U.S. Army Biological Warfare facilities in Maryland,
Utah,
>and Panama, and is named to the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. While there,
he
>begins a series of radiation exposure experiments on American soldiers and
>civilian hospital patients.
>
>1932
>The Tuskegee Syphilis Study begins. 200 black men diagnosed with syphilis
are
>never told of their illness, are denied treatment, and instead are used as
>human guinea pigs in order to follow the progression and symptoms of the
>disease. They all subsequently die from syphilis, their families never told
>that they could have been treated.
>
>1935
>The Pellagra Incident. After millions of individuals die from Pellagra over
a
>span of two decades, the U.S. Public Health Service finally acts to stem
the
>disease. The director of the agency admits it had known for at least 20
years
>that Pellagra is caused by a niacin deficiency but failed to act since most
of
>the deaths occured within poverty-striken black populations.
>
>1940
>Four hundred prisoners in Chicago are infected with Malaria in order to
study
>the effects of new and experimental drugs to combat the disease. Nazi
doctors
>later on trial at Nuremberg cite this American study to defend their own
>actions during the Holocaust.
>
>1942
>Chemical Warfare Services begins mustard gas experiments on approximately
>4,000
>servicemen. The experiments continue until 1945 and made use of Seventh Day
>Adventists who chose to become human guinea pigs rather than serve on
active
>duty.
>
>1943
>In response to Japan's full-scale germ warfare program, the U.S. begins
>research on biological weapons at Fort Detrick, MD.
>
>1944
>U.S. Navy uses human subjects to test gas masks and clothing. Individuals
were
>locked in a gas chamber and exposed to mustard gas and lewisite.
>
>1945
>Project Paperclip is initiated. The U.S. State Department, Army
intelligence,
>and the CIA recruit Nazi scientists and offer them immunity and secret
>identities in exchange for work on top secret government projects in the
>United
>States.
>
>"Program F" is implemented by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC).
This
is
>the most extensive U.S. study of the health effects of fluoride, which was
the
>key chemical component in atomic bomb production. One of the most toxic
>chemicals known to man, fluoride, it is found, causes marked adverse
effects
>to
>the central nervous system but much of the information is squelched in the
>name
>of national security because of fear that lawsuits would undermine
full-scale
>production of atomic bombs.
>
>1946
>Patients in VA hospitals are used as guinea pigs for medical experiments.
In
>order to allay suspicions, the order is given to change the word
"experiments"
>to "investigations" or "observations" whenever reporting
a medical study
>performed in one of the nation's veteran's hospitals.
>
>1947
>Colonel E.E. Kirkpatrick of the U.S. Atomic Energy Comission issues a
secret
>document (Document 07075001, January 8, 1947) stating that the agency will
>begin administering intravenous doses of radioactive substances to human
>subjects.
>
>The CIA begins its study of LSD as a potential weapon for use by American
>intelligence. Human subjects (both civilian and military) are used with and
>without their knowledge.
>
>1950
>Department of Defense begins plans to detonate nuclear weapons in desert
areas
>and monitor downwind residents for medical problems and mortality rates.
>
>In an experiment to determine how susceptible an American city would be to
>biological attack, the U.S. Navy sprays a cloud of bacteria from ships over
>San
>Franciso. Monitoring devices are situated throughout the city in order to
test
>the extent of infection. Many residents become ill with pneumonia-like
>symptoms.
>
>1951
>Department of Defense begins open air tests using disease-producing
bacteria
>and viruses. Tests last through 1969 and there is concern that people in
the
>surrounding areas have been exposed.
>
>1953
>U.S. military releases clouds of zinc cadmium sulfide gas over Winnipeg,
St.
>Louis, Minneapolis, Fort Wayne, the Monocacy River Valley in Maryland, and
>Leesburg, Virginia. Their intent is to determine how efficiently they could
>disperse chemical agents.
>
>Joint Army-Navy-CIA experiments are conducted in which tens of thousands of
>people in New York and San Francisco are exposed to the airborne germs
>Serratia
>marcescens and Bacillus glogigii.
>
>CIA initiates Project MKULTRA. This is an eleven year research program
>designed
>to produce and test drugs and biological agents that would be used for mind
>control and behavior modification. Six of the subprojects involved testing
the
>agents on unwitting human beings.
>
>1955
>The CIA, in an experiment to test its ability to infect human populations
with
>biological agents, releases a bacteria withdrawn from the Army's biological
>warfare arsenal over Tampa Bay, Fl.
>
>Army Chemical Corps continues LSD research, studying its potential use as a
>chemical incapacitating agent. More than 1,000 Americans participate in the
>tests, which continue until 1958.
>
>1956
>U.S. military releases mosquitoes infected with Yellow Fever over Savannah,
Ga
>and Avon Park, Fl. Following each test, Army agents posing as public health
>officials test victims for effects.
>
>1958
>LSD is tested on 95 volunteers at the Army's Chemical Warfare Laboratories
for
>its effect on intelligence.
>
>1960
>The Army Assistant Chief-of-Staff for Intelligence (ACSI) authorizes field
>testing of LSD in Europe and the Far East. Testing of the european
population
>is code named Project THIRD CHANCE; testing of the Asian population is code
>named Project DERBY HAT.
>
>1965
>Project CIA and Department of Defense begin Project MKSEARCH, a program to
>develop a capability to manipulate human behavior through the use of
>mind-altering drugs.
>
>1965
>Prisoners at the Holmesburg State Prison in Philadelphia are subjected to
>dioxin, the highly toxic chemical component of Agent Orange used in Viet
Nam.
>The men are later studied for development of cancer, which indicates that
>Agent
>Orange had been a suspected carcinogen all along.
>
>1966
>CIA initiates Project MKOFTEN, a program to test the toxicological effects
of
>certain drugs on humans and animals.
>
>U.S. Army dispenses Bacillus subtilis variant niger throughout the New York
>City subway system. More than a million civilians are exposed when army
>scientists drop lightbulbs filled with the bacteria onto ventilation
grates.
>
>1967
>CIA and Department of Defense implement Project MKNAOMI, successor to
MKULTRA
>and designed to maintain, stockpile and test biological and chemical
weapons.
>
>1968
>CIA experiments with the possibility of poisoning drinking water by
injecting
>chemicals into the water supply of the FDA in Washington, D.C.
>
>1969
>Dr. Robert MacMahan of the Department of Defense requests from congress $10
>million to develop, within 5 to 10 years, a synthetic biological agent to
>which
>no natural immunity exists.
>
>1970
>Funding for the synthetic biological agent is obtained under H.R. 15090.
The
>project, under the supervision of the CIA, is carried out by the Special
>Operations Division at Fort Detrick, the army's top secret biological
weapons
>facility. Speculation is raised that molecular biology techniques are used
to
>produce AIDS-like retroviruses.
>
>United States intensifies its development of "ethnic weapons"
(Military
>Review,
>Nov., 1970), designed to selectively target and eliminate specific ethnic
>groups who are susceptible due to genetic differences and variations in
DNA.
>
>1975
>The virus section of Fort Detrick's Center for Biological Warfare Research
is
>renamed the Fredrick Cancer Research Facilities and placed under the
>supervision of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) . It is here that a
special
>virus cancer program is initiated by the U.S. Navy, purportedly to develop
>cancer-causing viruses. It is also here that retrovirologists isolate a
virus
>to which no immunity exists. It is later named HTLV (Human T-cell Leukemia
>Virus).
>
>1977
>Senate hearings on Health and Scientific Research confirm that 239
populated
>areas had been contaminated with biological agents between 1949 and 1969.
Some
>of the areas included San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Key West, Panama
City,
>Minneapolis, and St. Louis.
>
>1978
>Experimental Hepatitis B vaccine trials, conducted by the CDC, begin in New
>York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Ads for research subjects specifically
>ask
>for promiscuous homosexual men.
>
>1981
>First cases of AIDS are confirmed in homosexual men in New York, Los
Angeles
>and San Francisco, triggering speculation that AIDS may have been
introduced
>via the Hepatitis B vaccine
>
>1985
>According to the journal Science (227:173-177), HTLV and VISNA, a fatal
sheep
>virus, are very similar, indicating a close taxonomic and evolutionary
>relationship.
>
>1986
>According to the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
>(83:4007-4011), HIV and VISNA are highly similar and share all structural
>elements, except for a small segment which is nearly identical to HTLV.
This
>leads to speculation that HTLV and VISNA may have been linked to produce a
new
>retrovirus to which no natural immunity exists.
>
>A report to Congress reveals that the U.S. Government's current generation
of
>biological agents includes: modified viruses, naturally occurring toxins,
and
>agents that are altered through genetic engineering to change immunological
>character and prevent treatment by all existing vaccines.
>
>1987
>Department of Defense admits that, despite a treaty banning research and
>development of biological agents, it continues to operate research
facilities
>at 127 facilities and universities around the nation.
>
>1990
>More than 1500 six-month old black and hispanic babies in Los Angeles are
>given
>an "experimental" measles vaccine that had never been licensed for
use in
the
>United States. CDC later admits that parents were never informed that the
>vaccine being injected to their children was experimental.
>
>1994
>With a technique called "gene tracking," Dr. Garth Nicolson at the
MD
Anderson
>Cancer Center in Houston, TX discovers that many returning Desert Storm
>veterans are infected with an altered strain of Mycoplasma incognitus, a
>microbe commonly used in the production of biological weapons. Incorporated
>into its molecular structure is 40 percent of the HIV protein coat,
indicating
>that it had been man-made.
>
>Senator John D. Rockefeller issues a report revealing that for at least 50
>years the Department of Defense has used hundreds of thousands of military
>personnel in human experiments and for intentional exposure to dangerous
>substances. Materials included mustard and nerve gas, ionizing radiation,
>psychochemicals, hallucinogens, and drugs used during the Gulf War .
>
>1995
>U.S. Government admits that it had offered Japanese war criminals and
>scientists who had performed human medical experiments salaries and
immunity
>from prosecution in exchange for data on biological warfare research.
>
>Dr. Garth Nicolson, uncovers evidence that the biological agents used
during
>the Gulf War had been manufactured in Houston, TX and Boca Raton, Fl and
>tested
>on prisoners in the Texas Department of Corrections.
>
>1996
>Department of Defense admits that Desert Storm soldiers were exposed to
>chemical agents.
>
>1997
>Eighty-eight members of Congress sign a letter demanding an investigation
into
>bioweapons use & Gulf War Syndrome.
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>http://hometown.aol.com/agoliszek/page2/index.htm</A> >>
>
>
>WOW I am amazed that all this has been going on for all these years and
there
>has been no press on any of this stuff scares the stuff out of me.
>
>Dat crazy Hippy Hepper YOOPER Pete G
>"When one refuses to look at things from another point of view, they
have
>narrowed their own perspective down to a pin prick." pmg.
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>From: Wix58@aol.com
>Subject: A History of Secret U.S. Government Programs -- WOW, is this for
>REAL?
>
>A History of Secret U.S. Government Programs
>
>
>The following is a list of this century's most controversial government
>activities. It will be updated regularly in order to keep readers abreast
of
>newly declassified materials:
>1931
>Dr. Cornelius Rhoads, under the auspices of the Rockefeller Institute for
>Medical Investigations, infects human subjects with cancer cells. He later
>goes
>on to establish the U.S. Army Biological Warfare facilities in Maryland,
Utah,
>and Panama, and is named to the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. While there,
he
>begins a series of radiation exposure experiments on American soldiers and
>civilian hospital patients.
>
>1932
>The Tuskegee Syphilis Study begins. 200 black men diagnosed with syphilis
are
>never told of their illness, are denied treatment, and instead are used as
>human guinea pigs in order to follow the progression and symptoms of the
>disease. They all subsequently die from syphilis, their families never told
>that they could have been treated.
>
>1935
>The Pellagra Incident. After millions of individuals die from Pellagra over
a
>span of two decades, the U.S. Public Health Service finally acts to stem
the
>disease. The director of the agency admits it had known for at least 20
years
>that Pellagra is caused by a niacin deficiency but failed to act since most
of
>the deaths occured within poverty-striken black populations.
>
>1940
>Four hundred prisoners in Chicago are infected with Malaria in order to
study
>the effects of new and experimental drugs to combat the disease. Nazi
doctors
>later on trial at Nuremberg cite this American study to defend their own
>actions during the Holocaust.
>
>1942
>Chemical Warfare Services begins mustard gas experiments on approximately
>4,000
>servicemen. The experiments continue until 1945 and made use of Seventh Day
>Adventists who chose to become human guinea pigs rather than serve on
active
>duty.
>
>1943
>In response to Japan's full-scale germ warfare program, the U.S. begins
>research on biological weapons at Fort Detrick, MD.
>
>1944
>U.S. Navy uses human subjects to test gas masks and clothing. Individuals
were
>locked in a gas chamber and exposed to mustard gas and lewisite.
>
>1945
>Project Paperclip is initiated. The U.S. State Department, Army
intelligence,
>and the CIA recruit Nazi scientists and offer them immunity and secret
>identities in exchange for work on top secret government projects in the
>United
>States.
>
>"Program F" is implemented by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC).
This
is
>the most extensive U.S. study of the health effects of fluoride, which was
the
>key chemical component in atomic bomb production. One of the most toxic
>chemicals known to man, fluoride, it is found, causes marked adverse
effects
>to
>the central nervous system but much of the information is squelched in the
>name
>of national security because of fear that lawsuits would undermine
full-scale
>production of atomic bombs.
>
>1946
>Patients in VA hospitals are used as guinea pigs for medical experiments.
In
>order to allay suspicions, the order is given to change the word
"experiments"
>to "investigations" or "observations" whenever reporting
a medical study
>performed in one of the nation's veteran's hospitals.
>
>1947
>Colonel E.E. Kirkpatrick of the U.S. Atomic Energy Comission issues a
secret
>document (Document 07075001, January 8, 1947) stating that the agency will
>begin administering intravenous doses of radioactive substances to human
>subjects.
>
>The CIA begins its study of LSD as a potential weapon for use by American
>intelligence. Human subjects (both civilian and military) are used with and
>without their knowledge.
>
>1950
>Department of Defense begins plans to detonate nuclear weapons in desert
areas
>and monitor downwind residents for medical problems and mortality rates.
>
>In an experiment to determine how susceptible an American city would be to
>biological attack, the U.S. Navy sprays a cloud of bacteria from ships over
>San
>Franciso. Monitoring devices are situated throughout the city in order to
test
>the extent of infection. Many residents become ill with pneumonia-like
>symptoms.
>
>1951
>Department of Defense begins open air tests using disease-producing
bacteria
>and viruses. Tests last through 1969 and there is concern that people in
the
>surrounding areas have been exposed.
>
>1953
>U.S. military releases clouds of zinc cadmium sulfide gas over Winnipeg,
St.
>Louis, Minneapolis, Fort Wayne, the Monocacy River Valley in Maryland, and
>Leesburg, Virginia. Their intent is to determine how efficiently they could
>disperse chemical agents.
>
>Joint Army-Navy-CIA experiments are conducted in which tens of thousands of
>people in New York and San Francisco are exposed to the airborne germs
>Serratia
>marcescens and Bacillus glogigii.
>
>CIA initiates Project MKULTRA. This is an eleven year research program
>designed
>to produce and test drugs and biological agents that would be used for mind
>control and behavior modification. Six of the subprojects involved testing
the
>agents on unwitting human beings.
>
>1955
>The CIA, in an experiment to test its ability to infect human populations
with
>biological agents, releases a bacteria withdrawn from the Army's biological
>warfare arsenal over Tampa Bay, Fl.
>
>Army Chemical Corps continues LSD research, studying its potential use as a
>chemical incapacitating agent. More than 1,000 Americans participate in the
>tests, which continue until 1958.
>
>1956
>U.S. military releases mosquitoes infected with Yellow Fever over Savannah,
Ga
>and Avon Park, Fl. Following each test, Army agents posing as public health
>officials test victims for effects.
>
>1958
>LSD is tested on 95 volunteers at the Army's Chemical Warfare Laboratories
for
>its effect on intelligence.
>
>1960
>The Army Assistant Chief-of-Staff for Intelligence (ACSI) authorizes field
>testing of LSD in Europe and the Far East. Testing of the european
population
>is code named Project THIRD CHANCE; testing of the Asian population is code
>named Project DERBY HAT.
>
>1965
>Project CIA and Department of Defense begin Project MKSEARCH, a program to
>develop a capability to manipulate human behavior through the use of
>mind-altering drugs.
>
>1965
>Prisoners at the Holmesburg State Prison in Philadelphia are subjected to
>dioxin, the highly toxic chemical component of Agent Orange used in Viet
Nam.
>The men are later studied for development of cancer, which indicates that
>Agent
>Orange had been a suspected carcinogen all along.
>
>1966
>CIA initiates Project MKOFTEN, a program to test the toxicological effects
of
>certain drugs on humans and animals.
>
>U.S. Army dispenses Bacillus subtilis variant niger throughout the New York
>City subway system. More than a million civilians are exposed when army
>scientists drop lightbulbs filled with the bacteria onto ventilation
grates.
>
>1967
>CIA and Department of Defense implement Project MKNAOMI, successor to
MKULTRA
>and designed to maintain, stockpile and test biological and chemical
weapons.
>
>1968
>CIA experiments with the possibility of poisoning drinking water by
injecting
>chemicals into the water supply of the FDA in Washington, D.C.
>
>1969
>Dr. Robert MacMahan of the Department of Defense requests from congress $10
>million to develop, within 5 to 10 years, a synthetic biological agent to
>which
>no natural immunity exists.
>
>1970
>Funding for the synthetic biological agent is obtained under H.R. 15090.
The
>project, under the supervision of the CIA, is carried out by the Special
>Operations Division at Fort Detrick, the army's top secret biological
weapons
>facility. Speculation is raised that molecular biology techniques are used
to
>produce AIDS-like retroviruses.
>
>United States intensifies its development of "ethnic weapons"
(Military
>Review,
>Nov., 1970), designed to selectively target and eliminate specific ethnic
>groups who are susceptible due to genetic differences and variations in
DNA.
>
>1975
>The virus section of Fort Detrick's Center for Biological Warfare Research
is
>renamed the Fredrick Cancer Research Facilities and placed under the
>supervision of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) . It is here that a
special
>virus cancer program is initiated by the U.S. Navy, purportedly to develop
>cancer-causing viruses. It is also here that retrovirologists isolate a
virus
>to which no immunity exists. It is later named HTLV (Human T-cell Leukemia
>Virus).
>
>1977
>Senate hearings on Health and Scientific Research confirm that 239
populated
>areas had been contaminated with biological agents between 1949 and 1969.
Some
>of the areas included San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Key West, Panama
City,
>Minneapolis, and St. Louis.
>
>1978
>Experimental Hepatitis B vaccine trials, conducted by the CDC, begin in New
>York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Ads for research subjects specifically
>ask
>for promiscuous homosexual men.
>
>1981
>First cases of AIDS are confirmed in homosexual men in New York, Los
Angeles
>and San Francisco, triggering speculation that AIDS may have been
introduced
>via the Hepatitis B vaccine
>
>1985
>According to the journal Science (227:173-177), HTLV and VISNA, a fatal
sheep
>virus, are very similar, indicating a close taxonomic and evolutionary
>relationship.
>
>1986
>According to the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
>(83:4007-4011), HIV and VISNA are highly similar and share all structural
>elements, except for a small segment which is nearly identical to HTLV.
This
>leads to speculation that HTLV and VISNA may have been linked to produce a
new
>retrovirus to which no natural immunity exists.
>
>A report to Congress reveals that the U.S. Government's current generation
of
>biological agents includes: modified viruses, naturally occurring toxins,
and
>agents that are altered through genetic engineering to change immunological
>character and prevent treatment by all existing vaccines.
>
>1987
>Department of Defense admits that, despite a treaty banning research and
>development of biological agents, it continues to operate research
facilities
>at 127 facilities and universities around the nation.
>
>1990
>More than 1500 six-month old black and hispanic babies in Los Angeles are
>given
>an "experimental" measles vaccine that had never been licensed for
use in
the
>United States. CDC later admits that parents were never informed that the
>vaccine being injected to their children was experimental.
>
>1994
>With a technique called "gene tracking," Dr. Garth Nicolson at the
MD
Anderson
>Cancer Center in Houston, TX discovers that many returning Desert Storm
>veterans are infected with an altered strain of Mycoplasma incognitus, a
>microbe commonly used in the production of biological weapons. Incorporated
>into its molecular structure is 40 percent of the HIV protein coat,
indicating
>that it had been man-made.
>
>Senator John D. Rockefeller issues a report revealing that for at least 50
>years the Department of Defense has used hundreds of thousands of military
>personnel in human experiments and for intentional exposure to dangerous
>substances. Materials included mustard and nerve gas, ionizing radiation,
>psychochemicals, hallucinogens, and drugs used during the Gulf War .
>
>1995
>U.S. Government admits that it had offered Japanese war criminals and
>scientists who had performed human medical experiments salaries and
immunity
>from prosecution in exchange for data on biological warfare research.
>
>Dr. Garth Nicolson, uncovers evidence that the biological agents used
during
>the Gulf War had been manufactured in Houston, TX and Boca Raton, Fl and
>tested
>on prisoners in the Texas Department of Corrections.
>
>1996
>Department of Defense admits that Desert Storm soldiers were exposed to
>chemical agents.
>
>1997
>Eighty-eight members of Congress sign a letter demanding an investigation
into
>bioweapons use & Gulf War Syndrome.
><A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/agoliszek/page2/index.htm">
>http://hometown.aol.com/agoliszek/page2/index.htm</A>
>
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>> Kansas ............................. Region 7/8 (888-874-9378)
>> Kentucky ........................... Region 5
(800-941-4501)
>> Louisiana (Eastern third) .......... Region 4
(800-444-5445)
>> Louisiana (Western two thirds) ..... Region 6
(800-406-2832)
>> Maine .............................. Region 1
(888-999-5195)
>> Maryland ........................... Region 1
(888-999-5195)
>> Massachusetts ...................... Region 1
(888-999-5195)
>> Michigan ........................... Region 5
(800-941-4501)
>> Minnesota .......................... Region 7/8 (888-874-9378)
>> Mississippi ........................ Region 4
(800-444-5445)
>> Missouri ........................... Region 7/8 (888-874-9378)
>> Montana ............................ Region 7/8 (888-874-9378)
>> Nebraska ........................... Region 7/8 (888-874-9378)
>> Nevada ............................. Region 7/8 (888-874-9378)
>> New Hampshire ...................... Region 1
(888-999-5195)
>> New Jersey ......................... Region 1
(888-999-5195)
>> New Mexico ......................... Region 7/8 (888-874-9378)
>> New York ........................... Region 1
(888-999-5195)
>> North Carolina ..................... Region 2
(800-931-9501)
>> North Dakota ....................... Region 7/8 (888-874-9378)
>> Ohio ............................... Region 5
(800-941-4501)
>> Oklahoma ........................... Region 6
(800-406-2832)
>> Oregon ............................. Region 11 (800-404-2042)
>> Pennsylvania ....................... Region 1
(888-999-5195)
>> Rhode Island ....................... Region 1
(888-999-5195)
>> South Carolina ..................... Region 3
(800-444-5445)
>> South Dakota ....................... Region 7/8 (888-874-9378)
>> Tennessee .......................... Region 4
(800-444-5445)
>> Texas (Excluding Southwest corner) . Region 6
(800-406-2832)
>> Texas (Southwest corner) ........... Region 7/8 (888-874-9378)
>> Utah ............................... Region 7/8 (888-874-9378)
>> Vermont ............................ Region 1
(888-999-5195)
>> Virginia (Northern) ................ Region 1
(888-999-5195)
>> Virginia ........................... Region 2
(800-931-9501)
>> Washington ......................... Region 11 (800-404-2042)
>> West Virginia (Excluding NE corner). Region 5
(800-941-4501)
>> West Virginia (Northeast corner) ... Region 1
(888-999-5195)
>> Wisconsin .......................... Region 5
(800-941-4501)
>> Wyoming ............................ Region 7/8 (888-874-9378)
>>
>>
>> Latin America ...................... 1-888-777-8343
>> (Panama, Central America, South America)
>>
>> NOTE: TRICARE Latin America is expected to include Puerto Rico in
October
>1999.
>>
>> Europe ............................. 1-888-777-8343
>> (Europe, Africa, Middle East, Azores and Iceland)
>>
>> Pacific and WESTPAC ................ 1-888-777-8343
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 3. Listed below, for your information and use, are web site
addresses
for
>> TRICARE, TRICARE regions, and applicable contractors. Once
connected,
>links
>> are available to enable you to connect to other TRICARE related web
sites,
>> military treatment facilities, etc. If you're unsure of your
region, a
>map
>> showing all of the regions is available at
>http://www.tricare.osd.mil/tricare/trimap2.html
>>
>> NOTE: Claim forms and other documentation are available at most
of
>> the web sites. Adobe Acrobat Reader is usually required to
view/print
>> the forms and some documents. The Adobe Acrobat Reader software
is free
>> and may be downloaded from the following sites (file size is about
6.7MB):
>>
>> ftp://139.232.17.15/acrobat4.exe
>> http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
>>
>>
>> TRICARE HOME PAGE:
>> =================
>>
>> TRICARE ............... http://www.tricare.osd.mil
>>
>> BCAC Info/Directory ..
>> http://www.tricare.osd.mil/tricare/beneficiary/bcac_dir.htm
>>
>> Claim Forms .......... http://www.tricare.osd.mil/ClaimForms/
>> Claims (Where to file)
>http://www.tricare.osd.mil/ClaimForms/WheretoFile.htm
>> DCAO Info/Directory .. http://www.tricare.osd.mil/dcao/
>> DEERS Address Change . https://www.tricare.osd.mil/DEERSAddress/
>>
>> Dental Programs ......
>> http://www.tricare.osd.mil/tricare/beneficiary/supprog.html
>>
>> Discussion Forum .....
>http://www.tricare.osd.mil/forums/index.cfm?CFApp=7&
>>
>> Enrollment Information
>> http://www.tricare.osd.mil/tricare/beneficiary/enrollment.html
>>
>> Fraud & Abuse ........ http://www.tricare.osd.mil/fraud/
>> FAQs .................
>http://www.tricare.osd.mil/tricare/news/market.html
>> Gulf War Illness ..... http://www.tricare.osd.mil/pgulf/gulfwar.html
>> Handbook (Standard) .. http://www.tricare.osd.mil/TricareHandbook/
>> Lead Agents .......... http://www.tricare.osd.mil/tricare/leadagent.html
>> Manuals (TRICARE) .... http://www.tricare.osd.mil/tricaremanuals/
>> Overseas Healthcare ..
>http://www.tricare.osd.mil/tricare/overseashlth.html
>> Reservists/Guardsmen . http://www.tricare.osd.mil/reserve/
>>
>> Retirees .............
>> http://www.tricare.osd.mil/tricare/beneficiary/SeniorPrime.html
>>
>> TRICARE Beneficiaries
>> http://www.tricare.osd.mil/tricare/beneficiary/hptriben.html
>>
>> TRICARE Phone Numbers
>http://www.tricare.osd.mil/tricare/phonenumbers.html
>> TRICARE Prime Remote . http://www.tricare.osd.mil/remote/
>> TRICARE Senior Prime . http://www.tricare.osd.mil/senior/trisenior.html
>> TRICARE Sr Sup Demo .. http://www.tricare.osd.mil/tssd/
>>
>> TRICARE Service Centrs
>> http://www.tricare.osd.mil/tricareservicecenters/default.cfm
>>
>> Uniformed Services Family Health Plan (USFHP) .. http://www.usfhp.org/
>>
>> Wellness & Health ....
>> http://www.tricare.osd.mil/tricareservicecenters/default.cfm
>>
>>
>>
>> REGIONAL & CONTRACTOR WEB SITES:
>> ===============================
>>
>> REGION 1 (Northeast) ... http://tricare.detrick.army.mil
>> Contractor (Sierra) ... http://www.sierramilitary.com/
>>
>> REGION 2 (Mid-Atlantic). http://www.tma.med.navy.mil
>> Contractor (Anthem) ... http://www.anthemalliance.com/
>>
>> REGION 3 (Southeast) ... http://tricare3.army.mil
>> Contractor (Humana) ... http://205.145.64.204/home.htm
>>
>> REGION 4 (Gulf South) .. http://hsriv.keesler.af.mil
>> Contractor (Humana) ... http://www.humana-military.com/home.htm
>>
>> REGION 5 (Heartland) ... http://dodr5www.wpafb.af.mil
>> Contractor (Anthem) ... http://www.anthemalliance.com/
>>
>> REGION 6 (Southwest) ... http://www.tricaresw.af.mil
>> Contractor (Foundation) http://www.fhfs.com/region6.html
>>
>> REGION 7/8 (Central) ... http://web01.region8.tricare.osd.mil
>> Contractor (Triwest) . http://www.triwest.com/
>>
>> REGION 9 (S. California) http://www.reg9.med.navy.mil
>> Contractor (Foundation) http://www.fhfs.com/home.asp
>>
>> REGION 10 (Golden Gate) . http://63.192.217.117/region10/
>> Contractor (Foundation) http://www.fhfs.com/home.asp
>>
>> REGION 11 (Northwest) ... http://tricarenw.mamc.amedd.army.mil
>> Contractor (Foundation) http://www.fhfs.com/home.asp
>>
>> REGION 12 (Pacific) ..... http://tricare-pac.tamc.amedd.army.mil
>> Contractor (Foundation) http://www.fhfs.com/home.asp
>>
>> Europe .................. http://webserver.europe.tricare.osd.mil/
>>
>> Latin America/Canada .... http://tricare3.army.mil
>>
>>
>> Other Web Sites:
>> ===============
>>
>> MyTRICARE.Com (TRICARE claims status)
>> http://www.mytricare.com/tricare.html
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