Is there something I could have done during my service to protect myself from getting mesothelioma?

 

There is protective gear that could have been worn, but the asbestos particles were surrounding military personnel on a daily basis so they still would have been exposed to high concentrations of asbestos. They were living and working in extremely volatile conditions. Even if soldiers laundered their clothes and bathed before coming home to protect family members from secondary exposure, they still would have been exposed to the asbestos particles.