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US troops prepare to go to war with Ebola: 101st Airborne receives safety training
Daily Mail ^
| 10/13/14
| Annabel Grossman
Posted on 10/13/2014 6:58:52 AM PDT by Enlightened1
Soldiers from 101st Airborne Division took part in a course at Fort Campbell
Families are desperate to know how military can keep their loved ones safe
Ebola is a different threat to what troops are used to in Afghanistan and Iraq
There are already more than 350 US troops on the ground in West Africa
Number is set to grow and could even top current projection of nearly 4,000
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airborne; ebola; liberia; troops
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To: Enlightened1
What could possibly go wrong?
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posted on
10/13/2014 7:18:57 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(The "Fire Muschamp" tagline is back!)
To: Brother Cracker
What's up with that? Is that guy getting ready to shoot a virus? Or is he expecting a gas attack at his friendly shooting range?
He's got some bare skin showing, btw, he's dead meat in a chemical attack.
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posted on
10/13/2014 7:19:28 AM PDT
by
OKSooner
(Hospice in place and await further instructions.)
To: Enlightened1
I read that they got 2, half-days of training.
Great.
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posted on
10/13/2014 7:22:31 AM PDT
by
Noamie
To: Enlightened1
The Airborne are precisely the wrong people to send. Back in the 90's, Canada sent our 1st Airborne to Somalia on a humanitarian mission. What ensued was a total disaster. Our Airborne were trained to be our first line of OFFENCE. These soldiers were highly trained killers. They were not nice guys. Why they were sent on a humanitarian mission is a lesson in stupidity. After an unfortunate incident there, the 1st Airborne was totally disbanded. What a waste.
Canada's 1st Airborne http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Airborne_Regiment
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posted on
10/13/2014 7:24:55 AM PDT
by
Dartman
(CDN PM Stephen Harper may not be perfect, but we don't have to be ashamed or embarassed of him.)
To: Enlightened1
One of em gets it...end of Obola.
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posted on
10/13/2014 7:28:05 AM PDT
by
Dallas59
To: Enlightened1
Go To War With Ebola , only a Liberal Democrat could say that line
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posted on
10/13/2014 7:30:53 AM PDT
by
molson209
(Blank)
To: molson209
We already are recovering from two cases of “nation building” and can’t see that we don’t have the ability to salvage failed states like Liberia. They are sending our troops there because they can’t refuse the orders like our diplomats, aid workers and CDC people. The LIberian military is undisciplined and unlikely to be reliable if there is civil unrest and our troops will be stuck with the angry crowds.
Once again, Hagle goes along, but I’m sure the advice from the Generals is to not go.
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posted on
10/13/2014 7:43:38 AM PDT
by
Oldexpat
To: Enlightened1
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posted on
10/13/2014 7:48:03 AM PDT
by
G Larry
(Which of Obama's policies do you think I'd support if he were white?)
To: Eric in the Ozarks; Enlightened1
Eric in the Ozarks:" This is beyond stupid."
If any troops were to go to Ebola countries
they should be "MASH Units",fully medically trained,who volunteer to go, only !
To: Iron Munro
“What is our exit strategy?”
Death.
To: Tilted Irish Kilt
If we send anyone in the Military, it should be our Chem / Bio warfare treatment and control units.
Ebola / Mardburg is the basis for many bio weapons
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posted on
10/13/2014 8:36:55 AM PDT
by
rdcbn
To: rdcbn
If we send anyone in the Military
I was thinking more like the CIC...
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posted on
10/13/2014 8:45:17 AM PDT
by
Delta Dawn
(Fluent in two languages: English and cursive.)
To: Enlightened1
'Ebola is a different problem set that the division hasn't (faced) before,' said Major General Gary Volesky, who will soon head to Liberia along with soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division. No "boots on the ground" in Iraq for the war our troops understand. Three thousand pair of boots on the ground in Liberia. Obama is both a moron and evil, and I have trouble telling whether stupidity or malice is his dominant trait.
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posted on
10/13/2014 9:07:10 AM PDT
by
Pollster1
("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
To: 2ndreconmarine; Fitzcarraldo; Covenantor; Mother Abigail; EBH; Dog Gone; ...
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posted on
10/13/2014 10:11:53 AM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: Enlightened1; blueyon; KitJ; T Minus Four; xzins; CMS; The Sailor; ab01; txradioguy; Jet Jaguar; ...
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posted on
10/13/2014 6:29:39 PM PDT
by
Jet Jaguar
(Resist in place.)
To: Jet Jaguar
Air Assault Divisions are not designed for this....not even trained for this. And any training, pre-deployment, is actually a joke.
They can train skiing, but how many will fall down because ‘training doesn’t equal experience’?
Falling down with ebola, though, is a bit different when it comes to standing back up.
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posted on
10/13/2014 6:34:48 PM PDT
by
xzins
( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
To: Obadiah
from FReeper “Jim Noble” in another thread:
the attack rate among doctors and nurses is HIGHER
than in the general population, This is an important
clue that must be explained.
Doctors and nurses wear PPE; the general population
doesn’t.
The PPE gets contaminated in routine care. When they
take it off they get a few virions on their skin.
[there’s more]
commenters, including medicos at recent threads at
PJM’s Belmont Club blog concur: “nutherguy” and
“gokart-mozart” on “Paradigm Shift” and “The Ordinary
World”
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posted on
10/13/2014 7:00:54 PM PDT
by
cycjec
To: Pollster1
“sufficiently advanced stupidity is equivalent to malice”
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posted on
10/13/2014 7:03:29 PM PDT
by
cycjec
To: Enlightened1
Well if anyone knows how to spread around body fluids, it’s these guys.
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posted on
10/13/2014 7:03:53 PM PDT
by
The Toll
To: cycjec
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posted on
10/13/2014 7:11:15 PM PDT
by
Obadiah
(None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.)
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