Posted on 10/17/2014 6:05:59 AM PDT by sunmars
As the U.S. military rushes to combat Ebola in West Africa, soldiers are receiving on-the-fly instructions on how to protect themselves against the deadly virus.
American military operations to fight Ebola in Africa are unfolding quickly—forcing the military to come up with some procedures and protocols on the fly.
Soldiers preparing for deployment to West Africa are given just four hours of Ebola-related training before leaving to combat the epidemic. And the first 500 soldiers to arrive have been holing up in Liberian hotels and government facilities while the military builds longer-term infrastructure on the ground.
For soldiers at Fort Campbell and Fort Bragg preparing for their deployments to West Africa, Mobile Training Teams from the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), based out of Fort Detrick, have been tasked with instructing them on Ebola protocols.
A team of two can train as many as 50 personnel over that four-hour time frame, USAMRIID told The Daily Beast. The training includes hands-on instruction on how to put on, remove, and decontaminate personal protective equipment, followed by a practical test to ensure that soldiers understand the procedures.
4 hours.....could they care any less.
I swear, i feel like I am posting complete WTF stories in the morning only to realise they are as true as they can be, totally scares me as to the attitude displayed......
A whole 4 hours?
try explaining that to your son in the army, yeah son, the army thinks your life is worth a whole four hours........
And now, Obola has plans to send over National Guardsmen.
Somewhere in this nightmare, people need to openly defy his orders.
Big time. Or your daughter. This is so over the top.
My son was all gung ho to go into the Army.
He decided not to after this.
Bet that is happening in a lot of homes now.
oh look its been removed off front page news, obviously not important enough for that............
Don't go to West Africa.
Don't believe what the gov't tells you.
Don't go to Health Care facitities.
DON'T TRAVEL BY AIR.
Stay out of public places.
According to twitter, I’ve counted at least 56,000 US troops in Liberia. What the he!! is going on?
I am going to bet Obama has ordered the soldiers not to wear protective gear either so they will get infected and bring the stuff home in the thousands to infect the population. You know there have been several reports of people coming back from the dead so I’m wondering if the Ebola strain we’re seeing hasn’t been genetically altered to create braindead Obamazombies who will vote DemoRat after having been conservatives all their lives. I’m guessing the virus has to eat part of your brain to make you stupid enough to vote DemoRat...: )
> According to twitter, I’ve counted at least 56,000 US troops in Liberia. What the he!! is going on?
He wants to make sure we’re infected real good when they come back.
They really are doing this the “Ebola for dummies” style manual.........surprised they have not said sellotape and trash liners mixed with tinfoil hats will protect you....
Training isn't enough. The procedures have to become ingrained, and the person has to have enough experience to recognize when things aren't going as they should. The care workers also have to be ENCOURAGED to speak up.
This is a real bad idea.
its the equivalent of sticking them in iraq with a fake gun.......
They are getting 20 times that on sensitivity and sexual harassment training.
Obama logic
Do not wear protective clothing and you will build up a resistance to Ebola!
Ping.
“For soldiers at Fort Campbell and Fort Bragg preparing for their deployments to West Africa, Mobile Training Teams from the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), based out of Fort Detrick, have been tasked with instructing them on Ebola protocols.
A team of two can train as many as 50 personnel over that four-hour time frame, USAMRIID told The Daily Beast. The training includes hands-on instruction on how to put on, remove, and decontaminate personal protective equipment, followed by a practical test to ensure that soldiers understand the procedures.”
http://www.usamriid.army.mil/aboutpage.cfm
About USAMRIID
Hussein wants them to come back to infect their families and friends, it's his "gift" to the military and Amerika.
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