Right now they need troops - they need people to dispose of thousands and thousands of bodies. The experts can come in when the coast is clear, but it's a waste of expertise to just put them to work burning/burying bodies. But the dead and rotting are a tremendous hazard and may kill as many a sthe initial tsunamis did.

Meanwhile, did anybody catch the amazing graphic they had behind the ABC news anchors? Really showed the dynamics of the waves. Why didn't they make that a main part of their anchorage?