US Military to combat Ebola?

[BP]

The military is made up of soldiers. Soldiers are not doctors, first responders or peacemakers.

They are soldiers. They fuck shit up and destroy their target.

"Combat Ebola" should tranlate as shoot any infected person from 200 yds or 30,000ft - whichever gets the job done.

Actually the Army is made up of lots of doctors, first responders and peacemakers. You sort of described the Marines and maybe a Ranger company but even they have their own combat medics, network engineers, data analysts, etc... That and someone has to tell them where to go and figure how to get them there.

I understand this line of thinking but it's just not realistic with a modern military.

[Forever_frost]

Unless we are being sent in to mark targets for a fuel/air bomb, no. Unless we are securing the border and shooting anyone trying to breach the perimeter, no.

[John -- '02 HAWK]

they are going to pack the infected into shipping containers and LAPES them into Syria and ISIS held territory

[Baba Ganoush]

So they need American troops to teach them how to wash/wipe/bathe like normal humans. That won't work lol.