{"id":55855,"date":"2014-10-17T08:00:28","date_gmt":"2014-10-17T12:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=55855"},"modified":"2014-10-17T08:21:11","modified_gmt":"2014-10-17T12:21:11","slug":"pentagon-troops-in-africa-families-at-home-will-be-ebola-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=55855","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon: Troops in Africa, families at home will be Ebola-safe"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Stars & Stripes<\/a> comes the news that the Pentagon doesn’t want you to worry that US troops fighting Ebola in Africa will contract or bring back the disease to their families;<\/p>\n

Troops returning from Ebola-stricken zones in Africa will be scrutinized twice \u2014 once by commanders and once by medical personnel \u2014 and those with high disease exposure risk will be quarantined for three weeks, according to a new Pentagon policy memo.<\/p>\n

The Oct. 10 memo from Jessica L. Wright, undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, sets guidelines for pre-deployment training of Defense Department personnel, health monitoring while on deployment and requirements for returning troops and DOD civilians.<\/p>\n

Defense leaders have repeatedly promised that thousands of troops headed to Liberia in coming weeks to fight the outbreak won\u2019t be in contact with Ebola patients.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, what they’re saying is that there’s no chance that the troops will contract the virus since they won’t be near Ebola patients, but we’re going to monitor them anyway. And that’s fine, but the government can’t keep two nurses in a hospital environment, so I think it’s pretty irresponsible of them to make promises they can’t keep. I’m sure they’ll do everything they can, but let’s be realistic here.<\/p>\n

NBC News<\/a> reports that the President may issue an order to send National Guard units to Africa;<\/p>\n

The sources said that eight engineers and logistical specialists from the Guard, both active-duty and reservists, would probably be included in the first deployment. They are expected to help build 17 Ebola treatment centers, with 100 beds apiece. The sources said that no decision had been made.<\/p>\n

Defense Department officials said that the executive order was necessary to speed the deployments, and would allow the president to send additional forces as needed. Health officials have recorded more than 2,400 Ebola deaths in Liberia, the highest of any country. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, the Pentagon told you folks in the Guard were to be expected to pull your load of deployments in the new force structure, so, there you go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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