Suit against military contractor for trash burn pits and water provision is barred under the political question doctrine, given that the military's control over the processes at issue was plenary and actual.
As the suit is dismissed as nonjusticiable, the pendent FTCA suit is moot -- statutory exemption not reached.
http://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/171960.P.pdf
Since 2011. An occasional commonplacing of the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal.
Neither an authoritative statement of the law nor legal advice. Quick work.