A team of eight engineers and several logistical specialists — both active-duty and reservists — are expected to be included in the first wave of soldiers being deployed to the West African nation, NBC News reported.
They will help locals construct 17 Ebola treatment centers that will be equipped with 100 beds apiece.
The executive order would be necessary to speed up the deployments of troops and would also give the president permission to send additional forces as needed, according to Defense Department officials.
Liberia has been hit the hardest by the Ebola outbreak with more than 2,400 deaths being recorded there.
