What can families do when non-military deaths occur at Middle East defense bases?
The War Hazard Compensation Act (WHCA) covers injury caused to qualified employees which resulting from a war risk hazard. Employees are generally covered by the Defense Base Act, by the Non-appropriated Fund Instrumentalities Act, employed directly by the United States, and providing welfare or similar services for the Armed Forces of the United States. The injury must occur outside of the United States. The War Hazards Compensation Act also applies when a person is detained by hostile forces, is missing under circumstances supporting an inference that such absence is due to belligerent action of a hostile force, or is marooned by virtue of failure of the United States or its contractors to be sent back home. The Non Appropriated Funds Instrumentalities Act (NAFIA) covers people who are injured or die while working in the United States or anywhere else in the world who work at Officers Clubs, Base Exchanges, and Post Exchanges, even workers located on military bases who provide servic
