women of the military make. nobody is more keenly aware of that than the commander in chief. at the same time, the responsibilities that they have there are different. first of all, if we were envisioning a combat operation, we probably would be contemplating more than 50 troops on the ground, but the responsibility is not to lead the charge to take a hill, but rather to offered a vice and assistance to the local forces about the best way they can organize their efforts to take the fight to i ssil or to take the hill, that is the situation they are farced w and it does not mean that they won t have all of the equipment they need to protect themselves if necessary. i am confident that the department of defense has contingency plans in place for the environment to be safe