Sixteen Army units – six National Guard and 10 Reserve – are being mobilized in support of Operation United Assistance, the relief effort for the area of West Africa stricken by the Ebola virus epidemic. The troops will support the interagency team headed by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The units are:
* 34th Infantry Division Headquarters, Minnesota Army National Guard
* 16th Engineer Brigade Headquarters, Ohio Army National Guard
* 223rd Military Intelligence Battalion (Linguist Detachment), California Army National Guard
* 272nd Engineer Company (Vertical Construction), Texas Army National Guard
* 294th Area Support Medical Company, Iowa Army National Guard
* 891st Engineer Battalion, Kansas Army National Guard
* 96th Sustainment Brigade, Salt Lake City, Utah, and Denver
* 313th Movement Control Battalion, Baltimore
* 324th Fire Fighting Detachment, Granite City, Ill.
* 324th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, East Point, Ga.
* 329th Survey and Design Team, Saint Joseph, Minn.
* 387th Medical Logistics Company, Miami
* 398th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, Rockville, Md.
* 452nd Preventive Medicine Team, Miami
* 996th Horizontal Engineer Company, Milwaukee
* B Company, 412th Civil Affairs Battalion, Columbus, Ohio
