"..The first battalion started the United States Army Training and Evaluation Programme, which it will complete in September while the second battalion will complete the programme in December [2009. At that time, the United States contractors currently training and equipping the force will hand over to the Ministry of National Defense, which will assume responsibility for training and standing up the new army. The United States has indicated that it plans to assign as many as 60 United States serving military personnel to continue mentoring the Armed Forces of Liberia, beginning in January 2010."