GW vets were the canaries in the coal mine.
Eddington a CIA analyst wrote a book about the fukery (as did others) but it got swept under rug in everyone's euphoria and willingness to disbelieve facts.
During GW many things were happening: 1) working out wireless coms/tech for later rollout of cellular services ($$$), 1st GPS devices broad field test and 3) what level of toxic load can the human body handle with max-vacs. Check it!
http://www.patrickeddington.com/gassedinthegulf.html
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1164749.Vaccine_A
https://www.hillandponton.com/vaccines-and-gulf-war-illness/
http://thinktwice.com/gulfwar.htm