Your right, I was thinking Navy which is Admiral. Regardless, an AF General is beyond absurd commenting on a massive ground operation. These generals are well rounded but not that well rounded.

As for them clearing rooms, almost all branches do this in some capacity. We even had Air Force explosive teams helping us clear IEDs on routes. They were not the first choice however, we were just short on explosive experts so yes, they can do it but are never called upon for this duty unless their is a shortage which there would not be in this massive roundup.

If they call on any branch it's the reserves and I've been in almost 20 years and we seldom do this training...maybe once a year for a couple of hours. That's not enough to pull off something of this magnitude. It would take weeks and most of them are barely fit enough to run a couple of miles with no gear. Going house to house...most of them would be on stretchers after one day with shin splints.