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Marines headed to Africa to fight Ebola outbreak
The hill ^ | Oct 8, 2014 | Kristina Wong

Posted on 10/08/2014 12:49:45 PM PDT by 11th_VA

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To: longfellow

Plagues are usually used by God to get us on our knees. So, I will add the families of these Marines to my list. It is getting longer.


21 posted on 10/08/2014 1:08:39 PM PDT by huldah1776
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To: 11th_VA

Marines?

Fighting disease?

Unarmed again.. Against perilous odds.

Times change, politicians don’t.


22 posted on 10/08/2014 1:10:49 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
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To: Perseverando

It seems to me that They are riding.

23 posted on 10/08/2014 1:11:30 PM PDT by chris37 (heartless)
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To: 11th_VA

They should bring their flame throwers and re-enact the battle of Iwo Jima.


24 posted on 10/08/2014 1:13:38 PM PDT by forgotten man
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To: 11th_VA

From the article.

“The Marine unit will provide supply and transportation assistance for the anti-Ebola effort until Army units arrive later this month to take over the possibly year-long mission.”

“The 100 troops — mostly Marines, along with some Navy corpsmen “


25 posted on 10/08/2014 1:15:14 PM PDT by ansel12
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To: 11th_VA

It is customary, when a president sends troops into harms way, that he drop in for a visit from time to time. Obama should honor this tradition.


26 posted on 10/08/2014 1:18:31 PM PDT by sphinx
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To: 11th_VA
Rendezvous with death.
27 posted on 10/08/2014 1:20:24 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: 2ndreconmarine; Fitzcarraldo; Covenantor; Mother Abigail; EBH; Dog Gone; ...
Ping…

A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread

28 posted on 10/08/2014 1:21:14 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

this is treason though none dare call it that.


29 posted on 10/08/2014 1:31:45 PM PDT by bravo whiskey (we shouldn't fear the government. the government should fear us.)
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To: 11th_VA
The Marines have the cure for ebola:


30 posted on 10/08/2014 1:46:09 PM PDT by Perseverando (In Washington, it's common knowledge that Barack Hussein Obama is ineligible to be POTUS.)
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To: ansel12

Lessee, we train the Army and the Marines to kill people, and break things, and we use the Peace Corps to teach hygiene and sustenance. So I think our Nobel Peace Prize winner picked the wrong group to face the Ebola menace.


31 posted on 10/08/2014 2:15:00 PM PDT by Ed Condon (subliminal messages here in invisible ink)
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To: Ed Condon

We train the military in a great number of specialties, they are the ones we are using on this mission.

We are not sending over units that don’t fit into the mission.


32 posted on 10/08/2014 2:19:52 PM PDT by ansel12
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To: Ed Condon

Our military does have people who are trained to deal with agents like ebola.

I’m sure there numbers don’t even begin to come close to the several thousand troops that are headed into harm’s way.


33 posted on 10/08/2014 2:23:31 PM PDT by Califreak (Hope and Che'nge is killing U.S.)
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To: 11th_VA

Self deploying Ospreys with tanker aircraft. Lotta flight hours.


34 posted on 10/08/2014 2:24:20 PM PDT by xone
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To: Blue Jays
The hatred that President Obama has for the American people, our American lifestyle, and our American history absolutely knows no bounds. He despises us.
35 posted on 10/08/2014 2:27:31 PM PDT by Blue Jays (Rock Hard, Ride Free)
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To: Califreak; Ed Condon

We aren’t sending 3,000 CBRN military people because that isn’t the mission.

Most of this is about construction and logistics and moving supplies, and teaching classes to produce up to 500 native medical helpers a week.

We are using engineers and Seabees, and supply and aviation logistics people, we are building 17 treatment centers of 100 beds apiece, and a 25 bed hospital for the health care workers to be treated in, and will be moving great amounts of supplies and materials.


36 posted on 10/08/2014 2:35:03 PM PDT by ansel12
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To: 11th_VA

Obviously, there is a mix-up: The Marines are going to Iraq and the drones are going to strike at ebola.


37 posted on 10/08/2014 2:57:55 PM PDT by RouxStir (No peein' allowed in the gene pool.)
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To: ansel12

You say we.

How do you guys feel about going to ebolaland?

Do you see this as just another part of your job?

I don’t want to argue-I honestly wonder if you guys have any apprehension over this.

If you don’t more power to you.

Thank you all for your service.

I hope you all come home unharmed.


38 posted on 10/08/2014 2:58:13 PM PDT by Califreak (Hope and Che'nge is killing U.S.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

You forgot to add - and bring it back to the US.


39 posted on 10/08/2014 3:05:18 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: Califreak

I said we, America, we are the ones that tell the military where to go and what to do.

“”We aren’t sending 3,000 CBRN military people because that isn’t the mission.””

“”We are using engineers and Seabees, and supply and aviation logistics people, we are building 17 treatment centers of 100 beds apiece, and a 25 bed hospital for the health care workers to be treated in, and will be moving great amounts of supplies and materials.””

I’ve been in the military a couple of times, if you were searching for some crack to make.


40 posted on 10/08/2014 3:05:39 PM PDT by ansel12
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