Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 16, 2014

U.S. Maj. Gen. Gary Volesky, shown speaking Tuesday at a ceremony in Kentucky, will arrive in Liberia this weekend to take over the U.S. effort to combat Ebola. Reuters

U.S. Military Effort to Combat Ebola in Africa to Enter New Phase -- Wall Street Journal

The Head of the American Military’s 101st Airborne Division Takes Over Operations This Weekend

WASHINGTON--After almost a month in Liberia, U.S. troops have completed construction on a 25-bed medical facility to treat health-care workers who come into contact with Ebola and are running five mobile labs that expedite tests for the deadly virus.

The Pentagon effort against Ebola will enter its next phase this weekend, when the head of the American military’s 101st Airborne Division, Maj. Gen. Gary Volesky, arrives in Liberia to take over the U.S. effort. The Kentucky-based Army division will send about 700 members who will join up to 4,000 others to finish building 17 treatment units with more than 100 beds each, and to train hundreds of medical workers.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 16, 2014

US Ebola Force Continues To Build in West Africa -- Defense News

Obama May Send National Guard to Liberia to Fight Ebola: Sources -- NBC

CNN: Military reservists could be activated to fight Ebola -- KHON

U.S. Troops in Liberia to Get Twice-Daily Ebola Checks -- Bloomberg

U.S. troops assisting in Ebola mission may be quarantined -- CNN

Deadly Ebola Virus Killed 236 Healthcare Workers Worldwide: WHO -- RIA Novosti

Pentagon says it has foreign commitments to train Iraqi forces -- The Hill

Report: Iraqi Army Even Worse Than Previously Thought -- Breitbart

Why Did the Iraqi Army Collapse So Easily? -- William Astore, Mother Jones/Tom Dispatch

‘Inherent Resolve’: Military campaign against ISIS gets a name -- FOX News

The Official Name For The War On ISIS Was Rejected 2 Weeks Ago -- Business Insider

France Will Keep Sending Arms to Syrian Fighters -- NYT

Turkey Suggests Training, Equipping Syrian Opposition on Its Territory to Defeat IS -- RIA Novosti

Russia Denies Reports of IS-Related Intelligence Exchanges With US -- RIA Novosti

Russian Intelligence Can Help Against Islamic State: Former CIA Analyst -- RIA Novosti

Russian Strategic Missile Forces Create Cybersecurity Units: Defense Ministry -- RIA Novosti

Here's How The Ukraine Crisis Is Deepening Military Ties Between China And Russia -- Jeremy Bender, Business Insider

China to strengthen auditing of military in battle on graft -- Straits Times

Norway's military conscription becomes gender neutral -- Deutsche Welle

US tanks arrive in Latvia to ward off ‘perceived’ Russian threat (VIDEO) -- RT

Online security forum focuses on Russia, Syria, other threats -- Stars and Stripes

SOCOM Poised to Receive New Ultra-Light-Duty Truck -- Defense Tech

DRS and Rafael Propose New Tank Active Protection System to Army -- DoD Buzz

Hagel sees busy future for Army, facing wider range of threats -- Stars and Stripes

Hagel Devises New Mission for Army: Coastal Defense Force -- Defense News

US Secretary of Defense Says US Army Must Be Able to Deal With Terrorists, Russia -- RIA Novosti

Kremlin spokesman calls US defense secretary's speech on Russia alarmist, unprofessional -- ITAR-TASS

An Alternative to Retiring the A-10 Warthog: AFSOC -- Fighter Sweep

Stop Saying the Pentagon Can’t Pay for Our Wars -- Ethan Rosenkranz , Erica Fein and Stephen Miles, Defense One