First, why do you repeat the thread information in your post?
Because when the reply post appears. The subject of the reply such as your question would be known to the origin of you the poster but not to others reading comments when this reply subsequently appears.
As far as defending the regime in sending men and material into Liberia to set up hospitalization system and infastructure to service this is concerned. Liberia should have been helped long ago but those going there now under these serious conditions Liberia is in. Should be vounteers and have the background and knowledge in that type of work.
The 101st is a combat unit. They have no business being dumped into a into a place just because it sounds good where there isn’t combat doing work done by the Army Corps of Engineers. Where there being a good possibility of some of them contracting a deadly infectious disease and bringing it home.
No, the United States military should not be asking for “volunteers”, they do what they always do, send the appropriate units to do the portion of the mission they are sent to do, like the 700 man element from the 101st.
The 101st soldiers are going to be the Headquarters element
The 101st will supply 700 soldiers to what will be 3 to 4 thousand.
“About 300 of the troops from the 101st Airborne will come from the division headquarters, and they will serve as the Joint Force Command for the mission.”
“A 101st Airborne press release issued Tuesday evening stated the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Headquarters, Fort Campbell, will deploy as the Joint Force Command for Operation United Assistance in Monrovia, Liberia.
“Operation United Assistance is a critical mission,” said Maj. Gen. Gary J. Volesky, commander of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). “We will coordinate all of the Department of Defense resources in Liberia to support USAID and the government of Liberia to contain the Ebola virus and ultimately save lives.”