Troops from Ebola-related deployments arrive at Langley AFB for quarantine

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90 troops at Langley, a for Ebola monitoring

Troops from Ebola-related deployments arrive at Langley AFB for quarantine

Returning troops being monitored at Langley AFB have ?no known exposure? to Ebola
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HAMPTON ? Ninety service members have arrived at Langley Air Force Base from deployments to Ebola-riddled West Africa to undergo a mandatory 21-day isolation before returning to their families.
The troops arrived just after 1 p.m. Thursday, according to base spokesman Alton Dunham. He could not identify the military units that arrived, but said they represent all four military branches, including airmen from Langley.
"None of the arrived service members had contact (with Ebola)," Dunham said. "All are listed as 'no known exposure.' "
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U.S. Air Force Hospital Langley recently received a germ-zapping robot that has the power to disinfect a room from bacteria and viruses within five to ten minutes.



</aside>Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel ordered the isolation off all U.S. service members returning from Ebola-related deployments on Oct. 31. On Nov. 7, Langley was designated one of five U.S. bases that would monitor troops.
The base erected a "mini-city" complete with a fitness center, dining facility and Internet access in a training area now called Langley Transit Center. The facility can comfortably hold 90 people and by mid-December will be able to accommodate 150.
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</aside> Returning troops will be monitored for 21 days, apart from family members and the general public. They will have access to phones and computers to talk with family, but no visits are allowed.
Last month, about 60 soldiers from Fort Eustis left for Liberia, where the African Ebola outbreak is worst. They are not among those in isolation, Dunham said.
Another group of Langley airmen arrived home Oct. 20, before the isolation period was imposed. They were monitored twice daily for symptoms of the deadly virus, which include fevers of 101.5 or higher, severe headaches, muscle pain, vomiting, diarrhea, stomach pain and unexplained bleeding or bruising.. :tiphat:http://www.dailypress.com/news/military/dp-nws-langley-receives-troops-20141113-story.html

 

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Re: Troops from Ebola-related deployments arrive at Langley AFB for quarantine

<section id="module-position-Np-YWeM35pk" class="storytopbar-bucket story-headline-module">101st general says soldiers taking Ebola precautions

</section><section id="module-position-Np-YWeNFl9Y" class="storytopbar-bucket story-byline-module"> Brett Barrouquere, Associated Press 4:28 p.m. CST November 13, 2014
</section>FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. ? Brandi Neuman found deployments by the 101st Airborne Division easier when she knew who the enemy would be.
Her husband, Frank Neuman, is a specialist in Liberia on his first deployment with the Fort Campbell-based unit. He?s helping build care centers in the West African nation as part of the U.S. military?s mission to shore up treatment facilities and train health care workers. The goal is to stop the spread of the virus. Ebola has infected more than 7,470 in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia and killed more than 3,400.
?At least when someone is shooting at you, you know where the danger is,? said Neuman, 33, who lives in Clarksville, Tenn. ?With a virus, you just don?t know. You?re kind of going, ?Do you have it?? ?
Roughly 700 soldiers from the military post on the Kentucky-Tennessee state line were sent to Africa last month. They are among 3,000 U.S. troops from multiple posts being sent to Africa for a mission far different from other deployments.
Thursday, Maj. Gen. Gary Volesky, who is commanding the troops in Africa and leads the 101st Airborne, told reporters via a teleconference from Monrovia, Liberia, that the soldiers under his command are being extremely careful and have limited exposure to civilians.

Later Thursday, Volesky spoke with family members at Ft. Campbell to answer questions and allay their concerns.
Volesky said none of the 2,000 U.S. soldiers are now in Liberia, and none have shown symptoms of Ebola.
?No soldier has been exposed to the Ebola virus,? Volesky said.
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The length of the deployment is still unknown. Brandi Neuman and family members of soldiers have asked online and in calls to Fort Campbell what they can send to the soldiers and whether personal items and equipment must be left in Africa because of potential exposure to Ebola.
?My biggest concern was them bringing the virus back,? Brandi Neuman said.
Volesky is aware of the unique circumstances of the deployment, but said soldiers are monitored. Their temperatures are taken twice a day, and every soldier has latex gloves and a breathing mask, Volesky said.
All of the soldiers will go to Fort Hood and Fort Bliss, Texas; Fort Bragg, N.C.; Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.; and Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., for 21 days of isolation after returning from Africa to ensure that the virus does not spread in the United States.
?That way, they can be observed and look for symptoms of Ebola and things of that nature so they can be attended to,? Fort Campbell spokesman Bob Jenkins said..:tiphat:http://www.tennessean.com/story/new...s-soldiers-taking-ebola-precautions/18990639/