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OPERATION UNITED ASSISTANCE

(Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Will Patterson. U.S. Army Africa PAO)

Maj. Gen. Darryl A. Williams, former commander of Joint Force Command–Operation United Assistance, and Maj. Gen. Gary J. Volesky,
commanding general of the 101st Airborne Division and current commander of Joint Force Command–Operation United Assistance,
speak with a Liberian citizen 20 October 2014 during a visit to a village in rural Liberia. The U.S. Agency for International Development
is the lead U.S. government organization for Operation United Assistance. U.S. Af rica Command supported the effort by providing command and control, logistics, training, and engineering assets to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in western African nations.

Operation United
Assistance

The Initial Response—Setting
the Conditions in the Theater
Maj. Gen. Darryl Williams, U.S. Army,
Lt. Col. Matthew D. Koehler, U.S. Army,
Lt. Col. Charles C. Luke II, U.S. Army, and
Maj. Christopher O. Bowers, U.S. Army
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