101st Airborne Troops Headed To Liberia In Ebola Fight

Military.com ^ | Sep 30, 2014 | Richard Sisk

[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."

[Rome2000]

The 101st should be heading to DC to take the wheels off the clown car.

Our politicians are going to get us all killed

[Molon Labbie]

Yep, tip of the spear folks don’t buy what he is selling.

Now the 4th Spoon Platoon of the 1st REMF Brigade (Mechanized) does and they would be happy to go from Service and Support (S and S) to just plain SS.

[TurboZamboni]

Ebola or forced school integration-101st is always ready.

[GraceG]

I thought Ebola wasn’t airborne so why are we sending the 101st Airborne?????

[rhubarbk]

WTF is wrong with this man!!!???

Every time I think Obama has dragged us to the bottom and we can't go any lower he proves me wrong.

I just cannot understand what mental process would lead to a decision like this.

This something the UN's World Health Organization exists for and is equipped to deal with, not our crack troops trained and equipped for combat.

I hate to be redundant but IMHO it's all part of the Brown Clown in Chief's plan to finally destroy America. Airline stocks are in the toilet today and the market is down over 200 points. Let's see . . . kill off the military, destroy the economy even further, ignore our borders, ISIS, etc., etc.!

[GraceG]

Getting closer...

KYPD

KYPDICSHTF

[GraceG]

[ And how are they supposed to “fight” ebola?
Shoot the virus? ]

Ebola must have gone airborne otherwise why would we send the 101st airborne division?

[GraceG]

Airline stocks are in the toilet today and the market is down over 200 points.

Ebola isn;t helping airlines and neither did that flight control center fire in chicago the other day...

[combat_boots]

Yes

[combat_boots]

I cannot imagine being in a hazmat suit, in Africa heat, carrying a weapon.

[reg45]

Band of Dead Brothers

[12th_Monkey]

Sure and demoralize them

[2harddrive]

Another Ebola infectee was just quarantined after flying in from West Africa to Boston’s Logan airport!

[CDB]

And how are they supposed to “fight” ebola? Shoot the virus?

Airborne troops use special anti-Ebola bullets, dontcha know.

Of course, the ROE haven't yet been worked out.

[sanjuanbob]

So how do you think we should go about terminating the plan.

[MacNaughton]

17 Gives new meaning to the phrase “fearless men who jump and die”, doesn’t it? [I know, I know, that song is about the Green Berets...]

per Colonel Flagg - "Blood Upon the Risers"

"... Glory, glory, what a helluva way to die. He ain't gonna jump no more."

[Travis McGee]

“Is Obama trying to kill off our elite troops?”

Yes.

[Vaquero]

Is Obama trying to kill off our elite troops?

No. Just bring them home infected to kill off YOU and ME. The tree huggers will be grateful and so will Mother Gaia.

[Califreak]

Yes

[Califreak]

Ebola outreach tour