On Thursday, 15 sailors from Naval
Mobile Construction Battalion 133 based in Djibouti prepared to join roughly
100 U.S. military personnel already in the Liberian capital of Monrovia,
including mission commander Maj. Gen. Darryl Williams, chief of U.S. Army
forces in Africa, to establish a Joint Force Command headquarters and build
infrastructure for the effort, called Operation United Assistance.
The Seabees will conduct site
surveys and help build a 25-bed hospital to treat infected health care workers,
with parts of that facility arriving in Liberia the early next week, Defense
Department officials said.
In Liberia, the U.S. military will
focus on logistical support for the massive effort to treat victims of the
dangerous disease. American troops also will help train civilian medical
personnel and build 17 100-bed treatment centers, DoD officials have said.
At least three Air Force C-17s have
brought in gear ranging from heavy equipment to supplies, and personnel,
including engineers and airfield specialists.
A handful of technical personnel
have been in the region since earlier this summer, working in laboratory facilities
and providing more than 10,000 Ebola test kits. Military planners also are on
the ground as part of a U.S. Agency for International Development Disaster
Assistance Response Team.
Marines also have had a contingent
in Liberia, working with that country’s armed forces to find sites for the
Ebola treatment centers that will arrive as part of Operation Unified
Assistance.
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