Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict Michael D. Lumpkin and U.S. Ambassador to Liberia Deborah R. Malac speak with Marines and Sailors with SPMAGTF Crisis Response - Africa while visiting U.S. Service Members who supported Operation United Assistance in Monrovia, Liberia, Dec. 4, 2014. United Assistance is a Department of Defense operation that provides 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. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andre Dakis/SPMAGTF-CR-AF Combat Camera/Released)