From left, Spc. Benjamin Ross, a Chicago native and food service specialist, and Sgt. William Burrell, right, the noncommissioned officer in charge of rations and a native of Union, Ala., both of Forward Support Company, 62nd Battalion, 36th Engineer, serves Soldiers food at the National Police Training Academy, Monrovia Paynesville, Liberia, during the Operation United Assistance mission Dec. 15, 2014. Operation United Assistance is a Department of Defense operation in Liberia to provide logistics, training and engineering support to U.S. Agency for International Development-led efforts to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in western Africa.