... “If the outbreak is not stopped now, we could be looking at hundreds of thousands of people infected, with profound political and economic and security implications for all of us,” Obama said. “So this is an epidemic that is not just a threat to regional security... ... Broadly, however, the official said the Defense Department personnel involved are likely to include the following: Medical personnel ... Engineers to construct “Ebola Treatment Units” ... Transportation personnel to support an “intermediate staging base” ... Administrators in Monrovia to oversee it all ... ...