Rep. Green letter to DoD IG demands answers on K2 base toxins

In June 2003, Mark Jackson, an Army CID at the time, landed on Karshi-Khanabad (K2) Air Base in Uzbekistan. After signing into the base, the first words another soldier greeted him with were, “I hope you’re done having kids, because this place is tough.”

After spending a few days on the base, he realized why the welcoming soldier felt the need to warn Mark. “Within a couple of days, I started to get a cough and my throat was very sore, my skin started getting messed up, my stomach started getting messed up...