From left, Col. Patrick Garmin, commander of 1st Area
From left, Col. Patrick Garmin, commander of 1st Area Medical Lab, based out of Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., visits with his soldiers Spc. Gina Esposito and Sgt. Mario Johnson, both assigned to 1st AML, during... More
Daniel Dined, center, civil engineer, describes to
Daniel Dined, center, civil engineer, describes to visitors the construction progress of a new Ebola treatment unit built as part of Operation United Assistance in Greenville, Liberia, Dec. 4, 2014. United Assi... More
Maj. Gen. Gary Volesky, commander of Joint Forces Command
Maj. Gen. Gary Volesky, commander of Joint Forces Command – United Assistance, looks over plans for a new Ebola treatment center built as part of Operation United Assistance with Wes Coleman, the site construct... More
A construction crew works on a building that is part
A construction crew works on a building that is part of a new Ebola treatment unit built as part of Operation United Assistance in Greenville, Liberia, Dec. 4, 2014. United Assistance is a Department of Defens... More
A local worker walks past rows of boots and aprons
A local worker walks past rows of boots and aprons drying in the sun after being decontaminated at an active Ebola treatment unit built as part of Operation United Assistance in Suakoko, Liberia, Nov. 22, 2014.... More
Thomas ten Boers, center, project manager for Welt
Thomas ten Boers, center, project manager for Welt Hunger and Hilfe, describes construction progress to Maj. Gen. Gary Volesky, right, commander of Joint Forces Command – United Assistance, of a new Ebola treat... More
A rigger with the 372nd Inland Cargo Transportation
A rigger with the 372nd Inland Cargo Transportation Company connects a cargo net to a sling strap during a sling load operation at Roberts International Airport, Liberia, Dec. 12, 2014. The airlift was to trans... More
From left, Maj. Gen. Gary Volesky, commander of Joint
From left, Maj. Gen. Gary Volesky, commander of Joint Forces Command – United Assistance, Sgt. Maj. Thomas Pollack, JFC-UA current operations senior noncommissioned officer, Sam Sells, military liaison for the... More
Members of Joint Forces Command – United Assistance
Members of Joint Forces Command – United Assistance and international aid organizations examine fuel containment measures at an Ebola treatment unit built in support of Operation United Assistance in Tappita, L... More
Engineers with the armed forces of Liberia install
Engineers with the armed forces of Liberia install a drainage culvert at a new Ebola treatment unit being built in support of Operation United Assistance in Gbediah, Liberia, Dec. 19, 2014. United Assistance is... More
A local construction worker cuts a board while building
A local construction worker cuts a board while building a new Ebola treatment unit as part of Operation United Assistance in Greenville, Liberia, Dec. 4, 2014. United Assistance is a Department of Defense opera... More
A CH-47 Chinook helicopter with Task Force Iron Knights
A CH-47 Chinook helicopter with Task Force Iron Knights approaches riggers from the 372nd Inland Cargo Transportation Company atop a crate as part of a sling load operation at Roberts International Airport, Lib... More
Riggers with the 372nd Inland Cargo Transportation
Riggers with the 372nd Inland Cargo Transportation Company watch a CH-47 Chinook helicopter from Task Force Iron Knights hover above a dropped sling load during an airlift operation at Roberts International Air... More
Brigadier General Frank Tate, deputy commanding general
Brigadier General Frank Tate, deputy commanding general for support, Joint Forces Command – United Assistance, tours an operational U.S. Army Ebola testing lab built in support of Operation United Assistance in... More
Specialist Tyler Jank, left, aircrew with Task Force
Specialist Tyler Jank, left, aircrew with Task Force Iron Knights, gives instructions to Sgt. Kyle Hennick, attached to the 372nd Inland Cargo Transportation Company, during an airlift of electrical supplies to... More
Maia Andrews, right, acting communications officer
Maia Andrews, right, acting communications officer for International Medical Corps, speaks with Kelly McEvers, correspondent with National Public Radio, during a tour of an active Ebola treatment unit built as ... More
Members of Joint Forces Command – United Assistance
Members of Joint Forces Command – United Assistance and international aid organizations tour an Ebola treatment unit built in support of Operation United Assistance in Tappita, Liberia, Dec. 9, 2014. United As... More
Col. Laura Favand, right, lead medical trainer for
Col. Laura Favand, right, lead medical trainer for the Department of Defense Ebola Treatment Training Team, discusses current training plans with Michael Lumpkin, assistant secretary of defense for special oper... More
Varlay Konneb, right, a worker with the World Food
Varlay Konneb, right, a worker with the World Food Programme, follows directions from Sgt. Thomas Horton, left, assigned to 372nd Inland Cargo Transfer Company, during forklift training conducted in support of ... More
A rigger with the 372nd Inland Cargo Transportation
A rigger with the 372nd Inland Cargo Transportation Company directs a forklift during a sling load operation at Roberts International Airport, Liberia, Dec. 12, 2014. The mission was to airlift incinerators to... More
Spc. Kevin Foley, a truck driver with the 101st Sustainment
Spc. Kevin Foley, a truck driver with the 101st Sustainment Brigade, Task Force Lifeliner, Joint Forces Command – United Assistance, inspects the bottom of a Light Medium Tactical Vehicle before pressure washin... More
Service members deployed in support of Operation United
Service members deployed in support of Operation United Assistance go through out-processing and prepare for departure from Roberts International Airport outside of Monrovia, Liberia, Feb. 1, 2015. All troops w... More
Chief Warrant Officer Four Gene Goetzke, UH-60 Black
Chief Warrant Officer Four Gene Goetzke, UH-60 Black Hawk pilot, assigned to Company A, 2nd Battalion, 501st Aviation Regiment, 1st Armor Division, Task Force Iron Knights from Fort Bliss, Texas, communicates w... More
Members of the Liberian government, international aid
Members of the Liberian government, international aid organizations, and Joint Forces Command – United Assistance, tour a potential site for an Ebola testing lab in Greenville, Liberia, Dec. 4, 2014. United Ass... More
A CH-47 Chinook helicopter with Task Force Iron Knights
A CH-47 Chinook helicopter with Task Force Iron Knights approaches a riggers from the 372nd Inland Cargo Transportation Company atop a crate as part of a sling load operation at Roberts International Airport, L... More
Construction contractors and international aid workers
Construction contractors and international aid workers tour a newly completed Ebola treatment unit built in support of Operation United Assistance with members of Joint Forces Command – United Assistance in Tap... More
Spc. Darius Miles, right, a water treatment specialist,
Spc. Darius Miles, right, a water treatment specialist, assigned to Task Force Lifeliner, 101st Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), in support of Joint Forces Command – United Assistance... More
From left, Staff Sgt. Antonia Moore, Sgt. Darius Hickson,
From left, Staff Sgt. Antonia Moore, Sgt. Darius Hickson, and Sgt. Stephanie Ziety, assigned to 2nd Battalion, 501st Aviation Regiment, 1st Armor Division Task Force Iron Knights, prepare to fuel an incoming UH... More
A worker decontaminates a caregiver leaving the patient
A worker decontaminates a caregiver leaving the patient area of an active Ebola treatment center built as part of Operation United Assistance in Suakoko, Liberia, Nov. 22, 2014. United Assistance is a Departmen... More
Major Todd Balog, an orthopedic surgeon attached to
Major Todd Balog, an orthopedic surgeon attached to 86th Combat Support Hospital, conducts a final medical screening of service members deployed in support of Operation United Assistance as they prepare for dep... More
Private First Class William Stooksbury, a rigger with
Private First Class William Stooksbury, a rigger with 372nd Inland Cargo Transportation Company, arranges straps for a sling load operation at Roberts International Airport, Liberia, Dec. 12, 2014. The mission ... More
From left, Maj. Gen. Gary Volesky, commander of Joint
From left, Maj. Gen. Gary Volesky, commander of Joint Force Command – United Assistance, Wes Coleman, construction manager for FLUOR, and Sam Sells, military liaison for the U.S. Agency for International Devel... More
Members of Joint Forces Command – United Assistance,
Members of Joint Forces Command – United Assistance, U.S. Agency for International Development and Defense Logistics Agency meet with Wes Coleman, center, site construction manager, at the site of a new Ebola t... More
Riggers with the 372nd Inland Cargo Transportation
Riggers with the 372nd Inland Cargo Transportation Company attach a sling load to a CH-47 Chinook helicopter with Task Force Iron Knights during an airlift operation at Roberts International Airport, Dec. 12, 2... More
From left, Willis Plummer, site manager for PAE, Steve
From left, Willis Plummer, site manager for PAE, Steve Guiney, Zorzor Ebola Treatment Unit manager for ASPEN, and David Taylor, representative for U.S. Agency for International Development, sign paperwork, hand... More
Service members deployed in support of Operation United
Service members deployed in support of Operation United Assistance go through out-processing and prepare for departure from Roberts International Airport outside of Monrovia, Liberia, Feb. 1, 2015. All troops w... More
Col. Laura Favand, center, lead medical trainer for
Col. Laura Favand, center, lead medical trainer for the Department of Defense Ebola Treatment Training Team, explains the personal protective equipment training to Michael Lumpkin, assistant secretary of defens... More
Maj. Gen. Gary Volesky, right, commander of Joint Forces
Maj. Gen. Gary Volesky, right, commander of Joint Forces Command – United Assistance, poses to take a group photo with locals of Barkedu, Liberia, Jan. 22, 2015. The Barkedu Health Center has just opened, provi... More
Sgt. Darius Hickson, left, helps Sgt. Stephanie Ziety,
Sgt. Darius Hickson, left, helps Sgt. Stephanie Ziety, both assigned to 2nd Battalion, 501st Aviation regiment, 1st Armor Division Task Force Iron Knights, fuel a UH-60 Black Hawk, Dec. 19, 2014, in Tappita, Li... More
Cpl. James Flomo, an engineer with the armed forces
Cpl. James Flomo, an engineer with the armed forces of Liberia, installs flooring in a new Ebola treatment unit being built in support of Operation United Assistance in Gbediah, Liberia, Dec. 19, 2014. United A... More
A military policeman deployed in support of Operation
A military policeman deployed in support of Operation United Assistance conducts a customs check on the luggage of departing service members at Roberts International Airport outside of Monrovia, Liberia, Feb. 1... More
Members of Joint Forces Command – United Assistance
Members of Joint Forces Command – United Assistance and international aid organizations tour a new Ebola treatment unit being built in support of Operation United Assistance in Zwedru, Liberia, Dec. 10, 2014. ... More
Wes Coleman, right, construction manager for FLUOR,
Wes Coleman, right, construction manager for FLUOR, discusses construction plans Maj. Gen. Gary Volesky, left, commander of Joint Force Command – United Assistance, and Sam Sells, military liaison for the U.S. ... More
A technician with the Navy Medical Research Center
A technician with the Navy Medical Research Center starts the process to test blood samples collected from the Ebola treatment unit built as a part of Operation United Assistance in Suakoko, Liberia, Nov. 22, 2... More
Members of Joint Forces Command – United Assistance,
Members of Joint Forces Command – United Assistance, U.S. Agency for International Development and Defense Logistics Agency inspect the site of a new Ebola treatment unit built as part of Operation United Assis... More
Riggers with the 372nd Inland Cargo Transportation
Riggers with the 372nd Inland Cargo Transportation Company attach a sling load to a CH-47 Chinook helicopter with Task Force Iron Knights during an airlift operation at Roberts International Airport, Dec. 12, 2... More