The Associated Press reported on Feb 11, 2015 that the President will announcement today withdrawing our deployed forces to West Africa. About 1500 will remain.
Ten months ago, the historic deployment of U.S. military for a public health disaster sent Americans to help fight the world's largest outbreak of Ebola in history. The outbreak is estimated to cost Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone an estimated $1.6 billion in lost economic growth this year. All of this has taken from 10-20% of their GDP by previous estimates.
This is an historic deployment of American military for the purpose of containment of a public health threat, and by definition, a threat to national and global security.
Post-deployment procedures in a memo from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 7 November 2014 provide the process by which service members, civilians and contractors returning from the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Outbreak areas will be subject to 21-day controlled monitoring. Whether this is an anomaly in history or whether the military should prepare for deployments of this nature for the future is the question strategists should be addressing, now.
Ten months ago, the historic deployment of U.S. military for a public health disaster sent Americans to help fight the world's largest outbreak of Ebola in history. The outbreak is estimated to cost Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone an estimated $1.6 billion in lost economic growth this year. All of this has taken from 10-20% of their GDP by previous estimates.
This is an historic deployment of American military for the purpose of containment of a public health threat, and by definition, a threat to national and global security.
Post-deployment procedures in a memo from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 7 November 2014 provide the process by which service members, civilians and contractors returning from the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Outbreak areas will be subject to 21-day controlled monitoring. Whether this is an anomaly in history or whether the military should prepare for deployments of this nature for the future is the question strategists should be addressing, now.
