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19. Well, hell yes they'll have "personal protection equipment!" Oh, wait...

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Fri Oct 3, 2014, 06:13 AM

Oct 2014

Troops sent to Iraq without sufficient body armour

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Pentagon Dispatches 101st Airborne to Africa to Tackle Ebola [View all] AnalystInParadise Oct 2014 OP

They damn well better have "personal protection equipment" Sopkoviak Oct 2014 #1

I am concerned they won't AnalystInParadise Oct 2014 #2

I think it's probably infrastructure support, not front line medical care. pinto Oct 2014 #5

The Army has Medical Brigades AnalystInParadise Oct 2014 #6

I did not know this. Thank you for your informed perspective AllyCat Oct 2014 #23

so do I 1dogleft Oct 2014 #16

I would assume that this would be the Engineers since they are going to do such things as build jwirr Oct 2014 #29

What do you mean "bullets in their weapons" ? pinto Oct 2014 #4

What I mean is that there has been some speculation that because this is a "humanitarian" mission Sopkoviak Oct 2014 #7

I think I agree with you. Panic can get out of hand. While you are building a hospital someone has jwirr Oct 2014 #30

Honestly Pinto AnalystInParadise Oct 2014 #8

Thanks for your personal background. pinto Oct 2014 #9

this is the first pandemic of the crappy world we are now entering roguevalley Oct 2014 #13

This is more due to economic warfare than "climate change" Demeter Oct 2014 #15

the war in Libya --> Mali ... quadrature Oct 2014 #18

Can you give me a better understanding of the economic war that is going on in that area of Africa? jwirr Oct 2014 #31

short term...the war against Ghadaffi started the troubles ... quadrature Oct 2014 #36

Okay I understand that. A good book that helps people understand these interlinked situations is jwirr Oct 2014 #37

AFRICOM.....Our Huge Command & Control Base in Italy KoKo Oct 2014 #26

Well, hell yes they'll have "personal protection equipment!" Oh, wait... KansDem Oct 2014 #19

+1 pinto Oct 2014 #3

It says they are from a headquarters unit Marrah_G Oct 2014 #10

And? AnalystInParadise Oct 2014 #12

Just that it seems like a very appropriate use of talent? Marrah_G Oct 2014 #17

Seabees went in last week mwrguy Oct 2014 #11

The only thing that can stop ebola is a good guy with a gun. nt TeamPooka Oct 2014 #14

And if that doesn't work, I guess the only other option is to... Turborama Oct 2014 #20

101st Airborne? Are they planning on shooting Ebola to death? hobbit709 Oct 2014 #21

They are going to build hospitals, coordinate the response to this crisis, etc. It may not be their jwirr Oct 2014 #33

Anyone else having a vision of Return of the Living Dead? AllyCat Oct 2014 #22

I think this is a great idea. Trillo Oct 2014 #24

Oh, let's just shoot all the ebola victims. That will keep it from spreading. alarimer Oct 2014 #25

We can't let any opportunity go to waste when we can get "Boots on the Ground." KoKo Oct 2014 #27

guns and ammo are for security seveneyes Oct 2014 #35

I worry about experimental vaccines riverwalker Oct 2014 #28

Don't worry the pharmachutical companies have plenty of black people to experiment with already. jwirr Oct 2014 #34

Good. They can shoot the virus I guess. AngryAmish Oct 2014 #32

The units deploying are mostly medical, engineers and logistical. Link below to the story neverforget Oct 2014 #38

Thanks pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #39

So.... AnalystInParadise Oct 2014 #40

Division HQ's command multiple brigades. Since there are multiple brigades and smaller units neverforget Oct 2014 #41

I work at a Division Command Post AnalystInParadise Oct 2014 #42

What other higher unit HQ should coordinate the multiple brigades? neverforget Oct 2014 #43

Any of these RMC's would do nicely AnalystInParadise Oct 2014 #44

From what I gather looking at the US Army website is that those MEDCOM's are garrison type neverforget Oct 2014 #45

And that is the scary part AnalystInParadise Oct 2014 #46