g, name is laurie mannin retired navy and for the last 15 years i have been the director of the women's military education institute where i am now a senior fellow. and since our last gathering, earlier this month, i have acquired another senior fellow, i am now the senior policy fellow at the service women's action network. was the 2005when i navy commander i served as the commanding officer in the british indian ocean territory, which had a 24/7 mission and a crew of 350 sailors and four soldiers. why i had four soldiers. but i did. >> what did they do to get the order? >> they wondered that, too. i had nontraditional punishment authority for summaries and special court-martial. officer, diego garcia, a senior navy captain held the court-martial authority for the island's personal -- property personnel. i am familiar with the authority the commander needs to execute. to the that he or she has four good order and discipline while meeting a demanding command mission. this, like all of my fellow military people who have been convening authorities, i spent a long time thinking about the m