Equipment is loaded into the C-17 aircraft in support of Operation United Assistance near Pisa, Italy. The equipment is headed for Monrovia, Liberia, where the U.S. military is in support of USAID operations in response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. 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.