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HAMPTON, Va. (AP) — With flat screen TVs, game nights and plentiful Wi-Fi, life in isolation for military members returning from the mission in West Africa against Ebola can look a lot like summer camp.
The Defense Department is requiring service members to undergo 21 days of isolation as a precaution, but that doesn't mean they're sitting in a hospital. At Langley Air Force Base, one of five bases designated to house returning service members for monitoring, a wooded section of the base has been turned into a small village.
Nearly 1,800 U.S. troops, along with contractors and Defense Department civilians, have been deployed against the outbreak. The 90 service members at Langley are among the first back and no one has exhibited any symptoms of the deadly virus since returning on Nov. 13.
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