Troops sent to west Africa to help in fighting ebola

2014-10-20T15:53:56-04:00

can any one tell me why were sending grunts to help out with a fight against a pandemic. They are being sent into close contact with this disease with no protection. No hazmat, No specialty training. Now i understand this is probably to develop a training program for soldiers back home, in order to be more effective at rounding up civillian populations and placing them in the F.E.M.A. camps, if and when there is an out break here. But its no reason to send these boys there unprepared. That place needs doctors not troops, and if Obama would close down the flights of all non essential people to and from those countrys, as most other countrys have done, we wouldnt have a problem at home.
So am i crazy guys is it just me or is this a new level of incompetence

Response by CW5 Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 20 at 2014 4:41 PM

2014-10-20T16:41:22-04:00

Many agree with you, A1C Kenneth Crocker. Check out this post on RallyPoint by SFC Private RallyPoint Member, where he and others discuss this very issue:

https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/is-it-wise-to-deploy-troops-to-fight-ebola

Is it wise to deploy troops to fight Ebola? | RallyPoint

Am I the only one that is concerned about deploying troops to west Africa to fight the Ebola outbreak? I am concerned about the chances of any of those Soldiers contracting the virus and worse yet, bringing it back to the States.