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• Paynter, J., Mugg, P., Adams, L. (2022). 6-015-CombatingEbolaEpidemic-ModelingScenario. SIMIODE, QUBES Educational Resources. doi:10.25334/ZEFS-GM46

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The United States military was deploying a variety of resources to help the affected countries. This mission, Operation United Assistance, included a mandate for the military headquarters to advise the governments of West Africa in their efforts to combat the Ebola epidemic.

Your unit is currently designated as the Regionally Aligned Brigade for Africa. The brigade S1 (personnel officer) has assigned you as one of the liaison officers to AFRICOM so that you can gain some familiarity with current issues in the AFRICOM Area of Responsibility (AOR) prior to the brigade beginning a series of small unit deployments to Africa. After arriving at the AFRICOM headquarters, you were immediately sent to the still nascent Joint Force Command Headquarters in Liberia, which is responsible for Operation United Assistance. The overall mission of the headquarters is to coordinate US and international efforts at combating the Ebola virus outbreak. You begin working in the J-35 (Operations and Plans) staff section of the headquarters.