Maj. Gen. Darryl A. Williams, commander of U.S. Army Africa, participates in a news conference in Monrovia, Liberia with Liberian Speaker of the House Alex Tyler, Oct. 2. USARAF personnel are in Liberia participating in Operation United Assistance, an international effort to fight an Ebola outbreak in the region. The U.S. Agency for International Development is the lead U.S. Government organization for Operation United Assistance. U.S. Africa Command is supporting the effort by providing command and control, logistics, training and engineering assets to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in West African nations.