The embassy to help facilitate their departure from the country, to alSo help with the process of moving special Immigrant Visa Applicants out of the country, and to provide additional security at the airport. Again, we believe this is a prudent measure given the security spacing. 3,000s a lot of people, though. Can you give any better Sense Of, like, on a daytoday, what are they doing . Sounds like they must be that shall. That people, Sounds like they must be getting people to the airport and theyre take over security. I wouldnt go that far, courtney. The turkish force are still at the airport. Theyre in the lead of security at the airport. We already have Some Security Forces, united States Security forces at the airport, including Some Aviation Elements. These 3,000 would be going to bolster that presence and to make sure that the airport is secure enough to facilitate the movement of all these people over the next couple of weeks. Again, this is about prudent preparation, and we w
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Military police, that kind of thing. and they are going to qatar right now because as you know, we have been working with countries in the region, to tom s question, to try to find processing sites outside of afghanistan. so i would just tell you they re going qatar for now, and then we ll see what the need is after that. but we want to be flexible and get them close by and in renal, and that s why they re going there right now. courtney. there s one infantry that s going to kuwait sbrks, and that s only if things go bad. they ll be postured there if there s a need for security at the airport. they ll be in the region and a lot more accessible. okay, so then the ones going to qatar, that s specifically for siv applicants. sounds like engineers, med category, mp,s they re going to we re not a saying engineers. we re talk about a small number
To we re not a saying engineers. we re talk about a small number of engineer, and it s largely for electrical power. it s to make sure we have power to do the processing of applicants. by engineers i didn t mean construction and that kind of thing. the bct going kuwait, that s roughly 3,000 to 3,500 people total? common infantry common brigade is 3,000 people. 3,000 going right away in the coming days, and then you have another 3,500 who will be there on stand by in case of security. i m unclear on what they re doing. if the 3,000 going it s like a couple miles from the embassy to h-kiya. what are 3,000 people doing? are they securing the airport, then? they ll be there to provide safety and the secure movement of reduction personnel out of