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| 2020-02-06 |
| [Mil.com] The Pentagon says it will use yet another U.S. military base to host up to 75 people in need of quarantine and possible treatment for the new coronavirus from China. Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts agreed this week that Camp Ashland, a Nebraska National Guard base roughly 30 miles from Omaha, will house the latest evacuees at the request of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Officials told local news affiliates in Nebraska that the evacuees would arrive at Eppley Airfield in Omaha, where they will be ushered to a remote and isolated aircraft parking area before being brought to the base. Roughly 1,000 evacuees are being taken to four other bases -- Travis Air Force Base and Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in California; Fort Carson in Colorado; and Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. Those bases are in addition to March Air Reserve Base in California, where nearly 200 evacuees arrived last week. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #2 Not Fort Detrick? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-02-06 10:11 |
| #1 Not Fort Hamilton? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-02-06 10:00 |