commander, general nicholson, has been asking for about that number. what he wants to do with this, twofold. one, beef up the counterterrorism mitchell. more fighters on the ground to go after the isis network and other al qaeda affiliated groups actually using afghanistan, continue to use afghanistan, as a safer haven and use some for the advise and train beefing up afghan security forces fighting bravely in the field but in sore need of additional help. sort of a third component, too. enabling functions. air support, logistics, information and surveillance reconnaissance thas reconnaissance, that kind of thing. i think you'll see the three prongs if you use these troops and as a component of force protection. one of the reasons we don't have more troops is because we don't have mo