Eight medics from five US Air Forces in Europe bases are working in Liberia to train some of the country’s scarce medical personnel, as part of an initiative by President Ellen Sirleaf-Johnson to re-energize security forces within the fledgling democracy.
The U.S. military is maintaining a beefed-up presence in the Middle East, including fighters and air defense assets, following the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities June 22 and subsequent retaliation by the Iranians against Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.
