Paynesville Mayor Cyvette Gibson, left, meets with Lt. Col. John Hartke, deputy commander for the 36th Engineer Brigade, Jan. 8, 2015, in her office in Paynesville, Liberia. The two discussed the positive relationship between the brigade and the city. Soldiers from the 36th Eng. Bde. are currently staying at the National Police Training Academy in Paynesville as they support Operation United Assistance. United Assistance is a Department of Defense operation in Liberia to provide logistics, training and engineering support to U.S. Agency for International Development-led efforts to contain the