Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter will speak at a town hall at MCAS Miramar on Wednesday to Marines and sailors aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.
The secretary plans to speak, take questions, hand out coins and take pictures with servicemen and women at the meeting.
The administration’s strategy against ISIL has come under attack recently, notably by republicans, for not being strong enough.
Noting the Kurds now control several areas in Iraq and Syria Secretary Carter said last month, “the territory under ISIL’s control has shrunk. That is a fact…We’re going to win.”
The administration has launched thousands of airstrikes against ISIL since August 2014.
