Col. Laura Favand, right, the chief of training, DoD

Col. Laura Favand, right, the chief of training, DoD Ebola Training Program, Joint Forces Command – United Assistance explains to Deborah Malac, the U.S. ambassador to Liberia, the concept behind the mobile training team Nov. 7, 2014, at the National Police Training Center, Monrovia, Liberia, where Favand’s team of service members train Liberians and nongovernmental organization employees how to work in an Ebola treatment unit. The MTT would take a portable mock ETU on the road to more remote locations to train health care workers. United Assistance is a Department of Defense operation to provide logistics, training and engineering support to U.S. Agency for International Development-led efforts to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in West African nations. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Nathan Hoskins, Joint Forces Command – United Assistance Public Affairs/RELEASED)