presence
11-08-2014, 10:46 AM
WASHINGTON -- The top U.S. military officer has designated five U.S. bases where American troops would be housed and isolated for 21 days upon returning from Africa after serving in the Ebola (http://www.cbsnews.com/ebola/) response mission, U.S. officials said Friday.
Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, signed a plan that lists Fort Hood and Fort Bliss, Texas; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington; and Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, as bases where troops would be quarantined.
(http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/preview-the-ebola-hot-zone)
The U.S. also will use two bases in Italy and Germany for returning troops based in that region.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/military-names-5-u-s-bases-for-troop-ebola-quarantines/
Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, signed a plan that lists Fort Hood and Fort Bliss, Texas; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington; and Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, as bases where troops would be quarantined.
(http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/preview-the-ebola-hot-zone)
The U.S. also will use two bases in Italy and Germany for returning troops based in that region.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/military-names-5-u-s-bases-for-troop-ebola-quarantines/