Reserve, Guard on deck for Ebola deployment

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Reserve, Guard on deck for Ebola deployment
By Patricia Kime, Staff writer 5:30 p.m. EST November 14, 2014

Army National Guard and Army Reserve personnel next spring will replace troops now deployed to West Africa in support of U.S. Ebola response operations, Defense Department officials announced Friday. Roughly 2,100 guardsmen and reservists will rotate to Liberia and Senegal to relieve troops who deployed to the region in September and October.

During a town hall meeting at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, on Thursday, Army leadership told family members that the units now in West Africa could stay there up to a year. But Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, said Nov. 6 the deployment is likely to last up to 18 months, which would be "three rotations of six-month deployments." Dempsey made the remarks at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, the Stars and Stripes newspaper reported.

Officials did not release details on which units will deploy next year. They said they would release information once personnel and family members are notified.
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The U.S. has about 2,200 troops in the region providing logistics, engineering, construction, and command and control support for Ebola response operations.
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