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101st Airborne Troops Headed To Liberia In Ebola Fight
Military.com ^ | Sep 30, 2014 | Richard Sisk

Posted on 10/01/2014 9:51:40 AM PDT by Iron Munro

The commanding general of the 101st Airborne Division and 700 of his troops will head to Liberia in late October as the military steps up its response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa, the Pentagon announced Tuesday.

The "Screaming Eagle" troops from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, will set up a headquarters in Monrovia, the Liberian capital, and will be joined by 700 combat engineers from several commands, the Pentagon said.

Once the troops have arrived, Army Maj. Gen. Gary Volesky, commander of the 101st, will replace Maj. Gen. Darryl Williams, as commander of the U.S. military response to the Ebola epidemic that has hit hardest in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. Williams will return to his post as commander of U.S. Army Africa, the Pentagon said.

Aid groups and officials in West Africa have complained about what they called the slow pace of the U.S. and the international community's response to the epidemic. Rear Adm. John Kirby, the Pentagon spokesman, took particular issue with published reports calling the military's efforts thus far "slow-footed."

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 101st; 101stairborne; ebola; fubo; marxistpos; military
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To: Iron Munro

Correct me if I am wrong. Don’t combat engineers blow things up? Controlled demolition of bridges and stuff like that?


121 posted on 10/02/2014 6:42:54 PM PDT by SisterK (trapped behind enemy lines)
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To: circlecity

I may be wrong, but combat engineers are not the same function of civilian engineers. Not in the slightest.


122 posted on 10/02/2014 6:45:19 PM PDT by SisterK (trapped behind enemy lines)
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To: pepsionice

Now you know the loyalties of the Pentagon


123 posted on 10/02/2014 6:47:47 PM PDT by SisterK (trapped behind enemy lines)
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To: HenpeckedCon

thank you...answer to my question


124 posted on 10/02/2014 6:57:12 PM PDT by SisterK (trapped behind enemy lines)
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To: Iron Munro

If the paratroopers spread Ebola far and wide upon return to the US, that’ll ramp up demands for socialized medicine... and that’ll suit 0bama right down to the ground.


125 posted on 10/02/2014 9:18:32 PM PDT by eater-of-toast ("It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones." --Calvin Coolidge)
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To: Iron Munro

Here we go again. Spread our troops out all over the world so they can’t vote.


127 posted on 10/03/2014 2:18:44 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: SisterK
"I may be wrong, but combat engineers are not the same function of civilian engineers."

they are a lot closer than an infantryman.

128 posted on 10/03/2014 4:34:53 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: circlecity

See post #89


129 posted on 10/03/2014 5:02:58 AM PDT by SisterK (trapped behind enemy lines)
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To: Iron Munro

Our idiot “leader” sends troops where he shouldn’t and won’t send them where he should. The 101st is not the Peace Corps.


130 posted on 10/03/2014 5:25:41 AM PDT by Reagan is King
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To: Texas Eagle
Here we go again. Spread our troops out all over the world so they can’t vote.

BINGO!


131 posted on 10/03/2014 6:24:22 AM PDT by Iron Munro (We can make it work with only one square per restroom visit -- Sheryl Crow)
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To: SisterK

Oh, I understand a combat engineer probably has no experience fighting ebola but neither does an infantryman. A combat engineer’s skills would, however, be more easily transferrable to the type of activities involved in dealing with a pandemic than the skills of someone trained to fight combat. An engineer is trained to build stuff and deal with physical, mechanical and logistical issues.


132 posted on 10/03/2014 7:36:17 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: Iron Munro

**Once the troops have arrived, Army Maj. Gen. Gary Volesky, commander of the 101st, will replace Maj. Gen. Darryl Williams, as commander of the U.S. military**

MG Williams is a GREAT guy. Personable, hard working. In spite of his rank he really still relates to the troops. Served with him previously. Great family too.
Last time I saw him he greeted me with a big bear hug. My boss gave me a “what the heck just happened” look.

Anyway, I have no idea what the heck that idiot in the White House is doing. He is ruining my beloved military. (I retired 3 days ago so I can now say what I want and not worry)

We have bigger problems with ISIS and he is opening the borders and allowing people with Ebola into the country. I am so mad I could spit.


133 posted on 10/03/2014 11:11:01 AM PDT by Gamecock
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To: circlecity

I know what an engineer is...Have a few in my family.
All the COMBAT engineers I have known, did CONTROLLED DEMOLITION. Sort of the opposite of building stuff. Look up controlled demolition, then get back to me.


134 posted on 10/03/2014 11:17:19 AM PDT by SisterK (trapped behind enemy lines)
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To: SisterK
"Look up controlled demolition, then get back to me."

Do you have to construct a controlled demolition plan for a givien situation and put the componants together?

135 posted on 10/03/2014 11:19:23 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: circlecity

Shape charges, detonation cord, C-4, fuses get assembled and placed.


136 posted on 10/03/2014 11:31:47 AM PDT by SisterK (trapped behind enemy lines)
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To: SisterK

Thos skills right there, along with their basic knowedge of general engineering principles makes them much more suited to quickly figure out how to implement, construct and plan out an ebola containment facility under proper direction.


137 posted on 10/03/2014 11:36:18 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: circlecity

Okay. YOU keep that thought.


138 posted on 10/03/2014 11:39:43 AM PDT by SisterK (trapped behind enemy lines)
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To: UCANSEE2

WE’RE NUMERO UNO!!!


139 posted on 10/03/2014 4:18:33 PM PDT by West Texas Chuck (Times change, places change, people stay the same.)
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To: Iron Munro

Wonder if he’ll send his daughter. He and Moochy could probably be helpful doing some volunteer work in a soup kitchen at a hospital.


140 posted on 10/04/2014 4:32:31 AM PDT by Eagles6 (Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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