Ebola protocols not same

The Defense Department has placed stringent quarantine restrictions on military personnel returning from deployment to Ebola-affected areas of West Africa - far surpassing federal government standards. Military personnel diagnosed with Ebola would be transferred to the U.S. for treatment. But currently, there is only one type of aircraft designated to transport a sick individual from West Africa to the states. The aircraft can only transport one at a time; and make four trips a week, according to Maj. Gen. Lariviere, who testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. DOD has plans to buy isolation pods that could carry 15 people inside the C-17 military transport, but that purchase won’t begin until January, the general testified. The C-17 Globemaster serves as the Air Force’s primary strategic lift aircraft for global transport of troops and equipment; and is operated by the Air Mobility Command at five AFBs across the country – including Dover, Del.; Lakehurt, N.J. and Charleston, S.C. (Source: The AP, 10/31/14) Central Mississippi Note: The Air National Guard also flies C-17s from the 172nd Airlift Wing based in Jackson, Miss.