Of course they were ready. Supposedly Carter Ham who was the head of AFRICOM was ready to send in a force agains’t a stand down order and his second in command put a gun to his head and relieved him of duty. Shortly after General Ham retired. I am willing to bet that ValJar issued the stand-down order, and General Ham said, "I don't take orders from you," so she called his deputy and ordered him to relieve General Ham.