We're talking about the Obama administration here. Screw ups are the norm and Obama has no concern for the well being of our troops.
I have close relatives in the military. They have zero medical training and would be at great risk.
Then they obviously should not be sent. They are setting up a field hospital so most of the soldiers should be medics if this were run rationally. There are risks in any deployment, I'm not sure there are more in this one.