DoD families have raised questions about our pre-deployment, deployment and post-deployment plans in support of Operation United Assistance – the DoD operation to help coordinate expanded U.S. and international relief efforts to fight Ebola in West Africa. Their work will help control the spread of Ebola in that region and around the world.
Service members bring unique capabilities to this operation – command and control to help support and coordinated USAID and international efforts, training for those who manage U.S.-provided Ebola treatment units, and massive engineering and logistics efforts. U.S. service members will not be providing direct patient care.
The safety of our people is one of our highest priorities.