USA Today reports that “As more U.S. troops head to West Africa, the Pentagon is developing portable isolation units that can carry up to 12 Ebola patients for transport on military planes.”  

“The Pentagon says it does not expect it will need the units for 3,000 U.S. troops heading to the region to combat the virus because military personnel will not be treating Ebola patients directly. Instead, the troops are focusing on building clinics, training personnel and testing patient blood samples for Ebola.”  

“‘We want to be prepared to care for the people we do have there just out of an abundance of caution,’ Defense Department spokeswoman Jennifer Elzea said.”