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2014 - 2016  Liberia (Operation Unified Assistance)


141003-N-ZZ999-103: Lieutenant James Regeimbal inspects and records samples received at a Naval Medical Research mobile laboratory. Each two-person lab is capable of testing up to 80 samples per day. Photographed October 3, 2014 by Chief Petty Of...
Caption: 141003-N-ZZ999-103: Lieutenant James Regeimbal inspects and records samples received at a Naval Medical Research mobile laboratory. Each two-person lab is capable of testing up to 80 samples per day. Photographed October 3, 2014 by Chief Petty Officer Jerroid Diederich. Official U.S. Navy photograph.

In September 2014, due to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, the Department of Defense responded with Operation Unified Assistance, led by he U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).  To support this mission, the U.S. Navy arranged for Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB-133) to provide initial engineering support and also deployed U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 tilt rotor-aircraft from Spain to Liberia.   The Naval Medical Research Center also set up two mobile laboratories to assist in the epidemic.  Liberia was finally declared virus free in June 2016. 


141003-N-ZZ999-104: Lieutenant James Regeimbal prepares samples by inactivating the Ebola virus at a Naval Medical Research mobile laboratory. Each two-person lab is capable of testing up to 80 samples per day. Photographed October 3, 2014 by Chi...
Caption: 141003-N-ZZ999-104: Lieutenant James Regeimbal prepares samples by inactivating the Ebola virus at a Naval Medical Research mobile laboratory. Each two-person lab is capable of testing up to 80 samples per day. Photographed October 3, 2014 by Chief Petty Officer Jerroid Diederich. Official U.S. Navy photograph.

141003-N-ZZ999-001: Engineering Aide Constructionman Joshua James, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB 133) checks elevations at a Monrovian medical unit site in Monrovia, Liberia, in support of Operation United Assistance. Phot...
Caption: 141003-N-ZZ999-001: Engineering Aide Constructionman Joshua James, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB 133) checks elevations at a Monrovian medical unit site in Monrovia, Liberia, in support of Operation United Assistance. Photographed October 3, 2014 by CWO2 Kajuna Strickland. Official U.S. Navy photograph.

141003-N-ZZ999-003: Equipment Operator 3rd Class Richard Brown, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion NMCB-133, instructs a local contractor on grader operations at the Monrovian medical unit site in Monrovia, Liberia, in support of Ope...
Caption: 141003-N-ZZ999-003: Equipment Operator 3rd Class Richard Brown, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion NMCB-133, instructs a local contractor on grader operations at the Monrovian medical unit site in Monrovia, Liberia, in support of Operation United Assistance. Photographed October 3, 2014 by CWO2 Kajuna Strickland. Official U.S. Navy photograph.
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