The Pentagon recently announced a "realignment" of its Anomalous Health Incidents (AHI) Cross‑Functional Team (CFT) to the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. AHI is the term given to what was previously known as "Havana Syndrome."
AHI began with CIA personnel in Havana, Cuba, apparently being struck with a novel unconventional weapon that the U.S. government struggled to understand. Eventually, a panel of intelligence community experts concluded that the weapon likely rapidly pulses microwaves when directed at human targets and can cause symptoms similar to traumatic brain injury, although with different biomarkers.
It was recently reported in the press, that the existence of this microwave weapon is no longer a mystery to those in the U.S. government, as one of the weapons was acquired by one of the overseas covered platforms (ie: a front company) that are run by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
Navy SEAL and trained physician Rear Admiral (RADM) Michael J. Thornton will head up the new CFT under Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Critical Technologies Peter Highnam.
"I am proud to have one of our Naval Medical Warriors supporting the [Defense] Department's cross‑functional team addressing AHI. As the Director of the Defense Health Agency, I am proud of our support for this critical mission, knowing we all remain committed to delivering timely care, advancing research, and ensuring transparency for our warfighters and all whom we serve," the Director of the Defense Health Agency, Vice Admiral Darin Via, explained in a press release.
Some Havana Syndrome victims are critical of the move, believing it to be the Pentagon attempting to kill the investigation by committee.