The administration used waterboarding, sleep deprivation and forced nudity against suspected combatants and suspected terrorists. It is meant to incapacitate or kill enemy combatants. Both armies consisted of combatants from many peoples. They apparently turned down captaincies in order to remain constant battlefield combatants. Some women supported the wars as spies, informants and combatants. Some women actively participated in the conflict as combatants. Somali casualties were heavy, with estimates of fatalities ranging from 315 to over 2,000 combatants. The primary surface combatants are battleships, cruisers and destroyers. They are also used to protect friendly surface combatants and missile submarines. The space a battle occupies depends on the range of the weapons of the combatants. These special agents are assigned to aircraft carriers and other deployed major combatants. Frigates were the first large surface combatants made available to the PLAN. The U.S. Navy surface combatants incurred virtually no damage. There is no record of final casualty figures aboard the two main combatants. About 300 of the last German combatants surrendered.