Capt. Shawn Palmer, a biochemist with the 1st Area Medical Laboratory, based out of Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., and a native of Loma, Colo., starts the process of decontaminating equipment used for Ebola testing at the Zwedru laboratory in Zwedru, Liberia, Feb. 9, 2015. Operation United Assistance is a Department of Defense operation in Liberia to provide logistics, training and engineering support to Agency for International Development-led efforts to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in western Africa. ( Army photo by Staff Sgt. Terrance D. Rhodes, Joint Forces Command – United Ass

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Capt. Shawn Palmer, a biochemist with the 1st Area Medical Laboratory, based out of Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., and a native of Loma, Colo., starts the process of decontaminating equipment used for Ebola testing at the Zwedru laboratory in Zwedru, Liberia, Feb. 9, 2015. Operation United Assistance is a Department of Defense operation in Liberia to provide logistics, training and engineering support to Agency for International Development-led efforts to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in western Africa. ( Army photo by Staff Sgt. Terrance D. Rhodes, Joint Forces Command – United Assistance Public Affairs/RELEASED) Soldier-scientists begin closure of Ebola testing labs 150209-A-CF357-037

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