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Well in the military don't always translate in the same way politically, barbara. >> reporter: well, they don't. you know, and we all know that president trump likes to have generals around him. he talks about it. so he's got kelly, he's got mattis, two former four star marines, very similar in many respects. they speak bluntly in the marine corps as a four star, that is celebrated, not maybe the best route in a political environment. four star generals are very used to having everybody salute smartly, agree with what they want to do, carry out their orders on a staff level, and in turn up the...

Isis. it was thought all along that it would have to be small units like the ones we're seeing now that will be deployed to syria and the one that conducted that operation along with kurdish forces in iraq about a week and a half ago. so, in that way, it was -- for him to keep saying this is not a major combat operation and that's what they mean about boots on the ground, seems to officials here anyway disingenuous. to be frank, they know what this is all about. they understand it. they give their advice. they take the final order and decisions from the white house. salute smartly and carry ou...

This could shake out. >> why do they care, these joint chiefs -- these guys are paid to make decisions. why are they sending out this public relations survey asking whoever wants to respond to this and supposedly going to use that to make a decision on this? >> reporter: no, no. it's a terrific question, because i think there is a lot of confusion about it. we all know, in the military, once the commander in chief gives an order, salute smartly and carry on. that's the way life goes when you're in the military. you don't really get a vote about what orders you want to follow and what orders yo...

The president. so those inside the military who perhaps do not support this, there are two choices. salute smartly and follow the rules and this is the new law of the land, or leave military service. it's a volunteer force, and people can make arrangements to leave. that's pretty much the two choices. this will now undergo -- they're calling it a certification process, don. there's been some period of months making sure all of the rules, regulations, policies, training, they will certify that this will not impact military readiness or effectiveness, and then 60 days after that, it all goes int...