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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
The Pentagon is deploying 100 troops from a special Marine response force to West Africa to help fight the Ebola outbreak.
"These personnel will arrive in Senegal tonight and in Liberia tomorrow," said Pentagon press secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby at a briefing on Wednesday.
The 100 troops — mostly Marines, along with some Navy corpsmen — are part of a force of up to 3,600 U.S. troops that could deploy to West Africa to help efforts to stem the spread of the deadly Ebola virus. The outbreak has so far claimed more than 3,000 lives and could infect 1.4 million more.
So far, about 350 troops are on the ground now, running laboratories, setting up treatment facilities, training healthcare workers and assisting with logistics.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: corpsemen; corpsmen; marines; usmc; westafrica
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They will deploy with four MV-22 Osprey and two KC-130 Hercules tanker aircraft, Kirby said. Huh ????
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posted on
10/08/2014 12:49:45 PM PDT
by
11th_VA
To: 11th_VA
Marines headed to Africa to fight contract Ebola outbreak There. Fixed it for ya.
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posted on
10/08/2014 12:51:02 PM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(Proud to be Attacked by the GOPe daily!)
To: 11th_VA
Somebody has to bury the corpses. Might as well be the Marine Corpse. RIGHT BARRY!!!
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posted on
10/08/2014 12:51:04 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Got Ebola? Come to America!)
To: 11th_VA
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posted on
10/08/2014 12:51:38 PM PDT
by
TheConservativeParty
(Your eyes turn red,your guts turn green,your liver squirts out like whipping cream. Thanks O'Bola !)
To: 11th_VA
Osprey. Vertical take off and landing. Can you say “aerosolization”?
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posted on
10/08/2014 12:51:49 PM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(Proud to be Attacked by the GOPe daily!)
To: 11th_VA
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posted on
10/08/2014 12:52:21 PM PDT
by
11th_VA
To: 11th_VA
Can Ebola be shot dead by heavily-armed, well-trained warriors?
Then don't send Marines to fight it.
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posted on
10/08/2014 12:52:40 PM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: 11th_VA
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posted on
10/08/2014 12:53:07 PM PDT
by
Beowulf9
To: 11th_VA
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posted on
10/08/2014 12:53:22 PM PDT
by
dainbramaged
(Get out of my country now)
To: 11th_VA
Dear God protect these men.
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posted on
10/08/2014 12:53:43 PM PDT
by
longfellow
(Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
To: dead
Obama likes his corpse men.
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posted on
10/08/2014 12:54:33 PM PDT
by
TurboZamboni
(Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
To: 11th_VA
When these Marines enlisted they surely understood the possibility that they would die in a firefight...or on an aircraft...or on a Naval vessel.But I'll bet they didn't foresee diarrhea as their cause of death.
To: 11th_VA
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posted on
10/08/2014 12:55:49 PM PDT
by
Perseverando
(In Washington, it's common knowledge that Barack Hussein Obama is ineligible to be POTUS.)
To: TurboZamboni
Obama likes his corpse men. ROFLMAO !!! - You WIN 'Post of the Day' !!!
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posted on
10/08/2014 12:55:53 PM PDT
by
11th_VA
To: 11th_VA
Good heavens, Hussein is nuts.
To: longfellow
Men..... I suspect that many are women that want to make a difference.
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posted on
10/08/2014 12:58:48 PM PDT
by
bert
((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12 ..... Obama is public enemy #1)
To: FlingWingFlyer
I was going to correct you on your misspelling of the Marine Corps but then I wisely realized your point. Marine Corpse about nails it.
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posted on
10/08/2014 12:59:08 PM PDT
by
BBell
(I'm cynical and sarcastic and therefore I love Ann Coulter)
To: 11th_VA
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posted on
10/08/2014 1:03:11 PM PDT
by
OleShep
(virus, agenda 21)
To: BBell
That is also how Barry pronounces Corps.
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posted on
10/08/2014 1:04:58 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Got Ebola? Come to America!)
To: 11th_VA
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