Showing posts with label Ebola response. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ebola response. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Ebola duty troops serving required 21-day isolation period

Ebola duty troops ready for 21-day isolation period to end

Article Title: Ebola duty troops ready for 21-day isolation period to end

Snippet of Article: "...At Langley, the personnel have stayed in a remote camp called the Langley Transit Center. They've undergone twice a day medical checks, and have had access to computers, a gym and t.v. The military even bought the NFL Sunday Ticket for them. A special Thanksgiving feast is planned for them on Thursday. The troops are now 12 days into the 21-day confinement, and are ready for this period to come to an end. ..."

Article Source: www.13newsnow.com

Saturday, September 20, 2014

General: Sending military to fight Ebola 'misuse' of soldiers

General: Sending military to fight Ebola 'misuse' of soldiers

Article Title: General: Sending military to fight Ebola 'misuse' of soldiers

Snippet of Article: "... Sending American troops to combat Ebola in Liberia is “an absolute misuse of the U.S. military,” contends retired Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin. Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2014/09/boykin-sending-military-to-fight-ebola-misuse-of-soldiers/#UUsSeQQhojdoUISt.99..."

Article Source: www.wnd.com

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Boots on the Ground: 3,000 Troops to Fight Ebola in Africa

Article Title: U.S. to Commit Up to 3,000 Troops to Fight Ebola in Africa

Snippet of Article: "...The focus on Liberia, he said, is too limited, and more help should be extended to Sierra Leone and Guinea, the other countries at the center of the worst Ebola outbreak ever recorded. “We should see all of West Africa now as one big outbreak,” Dr. Osterholm said. ..."

Article Source: www.nytimes.com

Sunday, September 14, 2014

Putting our soldiers in harms way as 'health care worker protectors'

‘It doesn’t make sense’: Concerns over enlisting DoD in Ebola response

Article Title: ‘It doesn’t make sense’: Concerns over enlisting DoD in Ebola response

Snippet of Article: "... “We keep asking our military to do more and more. The other day I saw that they’re going to be asked to go help solve the Ebola crisis,” McKeon said. “And at the same time we’re saying go do this, and then taking away their resources with the other hand – it doesn’t make sense.”..."

Article Source: www.foxnews.com