Senator Christopher Coons of Delaware, left, talks with Spc. Jacob Sherman, a native of Bear, Delaware, and Soldier with the 501st Area Support Medical Company, 86th Combat Support Hospital, outside the Joint Forces Command – United Assistance joint operations center at the Barclay Training Center, Monrovia, Liberia, Dec. 20, 2014. Sherman, as the only Soldier on the BTC whose hometown is in Delaware, received a few Delaware treats in the form of pastries and saltwater taffy, from Coons. 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. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Caitlyn Byrne, 27th Public Affairs Detachment/RELEASED)