6 lawsuits filed Tuesday ; 3 more are scheduled to be filed Wednesday . One plaintiff , Richard Guilmette of Enterprise , Alabama , said he lived in a tent close to a burn pit while deployed by the Army to Kandahar , Afghanistan . Suits filed on behalf of veterans , contractors , their families . Comment: No long-term danger from smoke from Balad Air Force Base pit , military said in 2008 .
6 lawsuits filed Tuesday ; 3 more are scheduled to be filed Wednesday . Suits filed on behalf of veterans , contractors , their families . Comment: No long-term danger from smoke from Balad Air Force Base pit , military said in 2008 .