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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

Yes, Obama is trying to kill our troops. We’ll know more in three weeks or so.


41 posted on 10/01/2014 10:30:32 AM PDT by austinaero
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To: Ingtar

King Obama will quarantine Texas before he’ll shut down air travel coming from ebola-affected areas in Africa.


42 posted on 10/01/2014 10:31:16 AM PDT by austinaero
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To: UCANSEE2

0bama needs to stop all fights to/from East Africa RIGHT NOW! We better do this before other countries stop flights from Texas.
Instead he wants soldiers to act as infectious vectors importing the virus.
Even Chris “tingles” Matthews is against 0bama on this one.
I’m sure the market will love this.
Let’s all thank our feckless, sadistic, and malicious leader!


43 posted on 10/01/2014 10:33:47 AM PDT by grumpygresh (Democrats delenda est. New US economy: Fascism on top, Socialism on the bottom.)
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To: grumpygresh
Just imagine....

Why 'imagine' ? Here's the real thing. (you may need to change underwear after viewing)

ACTIVE MAP OF GLOBAL VIRUS INFECTIONS

44 posted on 10/01/2014 10:36:05 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: Iron Munro

In a time, when the single best division to send to fight ISIS would be the 101st, America’s only Air Assault Division, we are sending it’s CG and some element of it to wear decontamination suits in Liberia.

Abso-freakin-lutely amazing


45 posted on 10/01/2014 10:36:26 AM PDT by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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To: Iron Munro; null and void; Kartographer

BTTT!


46 posted on 10/01/2014 10:37:34 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The mods stole my tagline.)
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To: ExNewsExSpook

What base in CA did Campion and his family escape from?


47 posted on 10/01/2014 10:38:18 AM PDT by txhurl (2014: Stunned Voters do Stunning Things!)
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To: grumpygresh
I’m sure the market will love this.

By 'coincidence' the bottom has dropped out of the airline stocks.

48 posted on 10/01/2014 10:38:28 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: Iron Munro
Aid groups and officials in West Africa have complained about what they called the slow pace of the U.S.['s] . . . response to the epidemic.

Enough said.

49 posted on 10/01/2014 10:41:45 AM PDT by Scoutmaster (Opinions don't affect facts. But facts should affect opinions, and do, if you're rational)
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To: Iron Munro

>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.

FOAD you mulim enabling, uneducating, bat eating morons.


50 posted on 10/01/2014 10:43:47 AM PDT by soycd
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To: Iron Munro
The SeaBees are already there. Now the 101st. I wonder what unit poses the greatest threat to Obama from the USAF and Marines?
51 posted on 10/01/2014 10:44:48 AM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: Iron Munro
Is Obama trying to kill off our elite troops?

To ask the question is to answer the question.

52 posted on 10/01/2014 10:45:08 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: Iron Munro

I don’t like this.


53 posted on 10/01/2014 10:49:34 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: PastorBooks
NBC training...Nuclear, Biological, Chemical.

(not that I think they should be sent. )

54 posted on 10/01/2014 10:53:32 AM PDT by TurboZamboni (Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
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To: Iron Munro
"Is Obama trying to kill off our elite troops?"

That's exactly what I was thinking.

55 posted on 10/01/2014 11:04:45 AM PDT by semaj (Nothing will change until lying becomes an extremely dangerous & expensive habit.)
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To: grumpygresh
abracadabra...

Airlines Stocks Are Getting Crushed And Traders Are Blaming Ebola

56 posted on 10/01/2014 11:07:42 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: PastorBooks

Remember when this subject first came up, they were going to be engineers and medical support types. How does the 101st enter into that equation?

I really think in this case, the CIC should be first off the plane.


57 posted on 10/01/2014 11:10:41 AM PDT by Mouton (The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
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To: Organic Panic
"WTF is wrong with this man!!!???"

Please understand. If your intent was to destroy the last bastion of liberty and freedom in the world, you would be doing exactly what Obama is doing. Every decision he has made and continues to make is to achieve that aim.

So, to answer your question, nothing is wrong with him, he has a plan that he is apparently carrying out with flawless perfection.

58 posted on 10/01/2014 11:10:49 AM PDT by semaj (Nothing will change until lying becomes an extremely dangerous & expensive habit.)
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To: Jim Robinson
Secure our nation first!!

BRAVO JIM ROB!
59 posted on 10/01/2014 11:18:05 AM PDT by rhubarbk (It's official, I'm suffering from Obama fatigue!)
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To: WayneS

“Blood Upon The Risers”.


60 posted on 10/01/2014 11:18:18 AM PDT by Colonel_Flagg ("Compromise" means you've already decided you lost.)
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