U.S. Air Force Col. David Mounkes, right, with the Kentucky Air National Guard and the commander of Joint Task Force-Port Opening Senegal, discusses the unit's mission with Navy Vice Adm. Mark D. Harnitchek, the director of the Defense Logistics Agency, while participating in Operation United Assistance in Dakar, Senegal, Oct. 10, 2014. United Assistance is a Department of Defense operation to provide command and control, 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. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer/Released)