Topic: 13th Public Affairs Detachment

Chaplain’s mission in Liberia very important to U.S. Soldiers

January 2, 2015 |

Written by Sgt. Ange Desinor
13th Public Affairs Detachment

Paynesville, Liberia – Singing, clapping, praying and the reading of words in a Bible are all commonplace in a church service. That scene hasn’t changed, even in Liberia.

Major Alfred Grondski, chaplain for the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 36th Engineer Brigade, provides religious support to all service members at the National Police Training Academy, in support of Operation United Assistance.

“I minister closely with people I work with,” said Grondski, a Trenton, New Jersey, native. “That usually doesn’t happen back in the states like it is here, because in garrison a lot of the Soldiers go to their home church; there isn’t a home church here. This gives us an opportunity to come together as a Family and worship.”

Chaplain Maj. Alfred Grondski, right, a Trenton, N.J., native, of Headquarters and Headquarters Brigade, 36th Engineer Brigade, briefs Soldiers about redeployment stresses they might endure when they get home, during the Operation United Assistance mission, at the National Police Training Academy, Payenesville, Liberia. Dec. 31, 2014. (Sgt. Ange Desinor 13th Public Affairs Detachment)

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Movement NCO ensures soldiers reach destination in Liberia

January 1, 2015 |

Written by Sgt. Ange Desinor
13th Public Affairs Detachment

Paynesville, Liberia – Vehicles such as a Light Medium Tactical Vehicle wouldn’t be able to safely travel through the rough terrain, rigorous roads and congested traffic of Liberia.

So when 36th Engineer Brigade Soldiers deployed in support of Operation United Assistance have a mission outside of the National Police Training Academy in Paynesville, Liberia, there’s a solution – Staff Sgt. Jose Nieves.

Nieves, a movement noncommissioned officer for Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 36th Engineer Brigade, assigns drivers to the Soldiers going out on missions from the NPTA.

From left, Staff Sgt. Jose Nieves, a Bayamon, Puerto Rico, native and movement noncommissioned officer for Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 36th Engineer Brigade, talks to Haji A. Sheriff, a Liberia, Monrovia native and a driver, about his routes before he goes out on a mission to Buchanan, Liberia, Dec. 27, 2014, from the National Police Training Academy, Paynesville, Liberia, during Operation United Assistance. (Sgt. Ange Desinor, 13th Public Affairs Detachment)

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U.S. Soldiers open Ebola treatment unit in Buchanan, Liberia

December 26, 2014 |

Written by Sgt. Ange Desinor
13th Public Affairs Detachment

Paynesville, Liberia – Singing, clapping and dancing greeted Soldiers of the 36th Engineer Brigade, out of Fort Hood, Texas, as they walked up to a tent to attend the grand opening ceremony of the Ebola treatment unit near Buchanan, Liberia, December 22nd, as part of Operation United Assistance.

The Buchanan ETU was built by the 902nd Engineer Company Soldiers who supported 36th Engineer Brigade, and handed it over to the International Organization for Migration. The Soldiers of the 902nd Engineer Company built the ETU in 22 days. The IOM customized the facility for its needs before opening it to the public.

Dario Gonzalez, left, a medical director with the International Organization for Migration and a native of New York City, explains to Maj. Uzoma Aniniba, a Denver native, and the operations officer for the 36th Engineer Brigade, how the health care workers will archive the patients records electronically, after the grand opening ceremony of the Ebola treatment unit near Buchanan, Liberia, Dec. 22, 2014, as part of Operation United Assistance. (Sgt. Ange Desinor 13th Public Affairs Detachment)

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Former chimpanzee testing lab a hidden treasure in fighting Ebola in Liberia

December 11, 2014 |

Written by Sgt. Ange Desinor
13th Public Affairs Detachment

Monrovia, Liberia – What started off as a simple medical waste drop off, turned into a tour of the operations of a medical laboratory. Once a research facility, it’s now been retrofitted to accommodate testing of blood samples from patients believed to have Ebola.

Soldiers of the 36th Engineer Brigade took a tour at the Liberian Institute for Biomedical Medical Research, during Operation United Assistance mission, December 7th, Monrovia, Liberia.

Lt. Col. Kurt Schaecher, center, a Bettendorf, Iowa, native and a lab operations manager for the U.S. Army Research Institute of Infectious Disease, shows Soldiers of the 36th Engineer Brigade one of the testing kits used to test for Ebola at the Liberian Institute for Biomedical Research, and how it operates during the Operation United Assistance mission, Dec. 6, 2014 Monrovia, Liberia. (Sgt. Ange Desinor, 13th Public Affairs Detachment)

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U.S. Department of Defense team conducts weekly Ebola prevention class in Liberia

December 7, 2014 |

Written by Sgt. Ange Desinor
13th Public Affairs Detachment

Paynesville, Liberia – Joint service Soldiers participated in a weekly class to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus. The Department of Defense Ebola Treatment Training Team taught the class in support of Operation United Assistance, at the National Police Training Academy, Monrovia, Liberia, December 2nd, 2014.

“When the Ebola virus started, there weren’t enough health care workers to eradicate it,” said Maj. Retaunda Riley, an Ashmund, Georgia, native, the senior brigade physician assistance for the 36th Engineer Brigade. “With the permission of the Liberian government, we extended our support along with various agencies worldwide to help stop the virus.”

From left, Petty Officer 3rd Class Denzel Eleby, a Key West, Fla., native, Petty Officer 3rd Class Joanna Hambleton, Doyelstown, Pa., both instructors, hands Maj. Retaunda Riley, an Ashmund, Georgia, native, the senior brigade physician assistance with the 36th Engineer Brigade, her equipment for the weekly class offered by the Department of Defense Ebola Treatment Training Team to teach and prevent the spread of the Ebola virus, in support of Operation United Assistance at the National Police Training Academy, Monrovia, Liberia, Dec. 2, 2014. (Sgt. Ange Desinor, 13th Public Affairs Detachment)

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36th Engineer Brigade Medic checks Soldiers health as they fight Ebola Virus in Liberia

December 2, 2014 |

Written by Sgt. Ange Desinor
13th Public Affairs Detachment

Monrovia, Liberia – Making sure Soldiers in Liberia fighting the Ebola virus are staying healthy is a top priority.

“Ninety-five degrees Fahrenheit,” said Sgt. Bethany Lose, a Lewistown, Pennsylvania, native and a combat medical health care specialist with 36th Engineer Brigade, to a Soldier as she checks his temperature, letting him know that it’s normal.

Lose and her medical team checks more than 750 Americans’ temperatures daily to make sure they are maintaining medical readiness and have no signs of the Ebola virus.

Sgt. Bethany Lose, a Lewistown, Pa., native and a combat medical health care specialist checks the heart beat of Spc. Jessica Arent, a Peterborough, N.H., native and a behavior health specialist, to make sure it’s normal, during her mission in support of Joint Forces Command – United Assistance as part of Operation United Assistance at the National Police Training Academy, Monrovia, Liberia, Nov. 24, 2014. (Sgt. Ange Desinor, 13th Public Affairs Detachment)

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