At its highest there were 1000,000 women in uniform at one time. By the late 1970’s

 women started to take over the sky with flight officers combat pilots.

In 1994 Secretary William Perry opened 80,000 jobs to women in the military.

    In every poll of the American people over the last 25 years, a majority say they do not want women subject to the military draft.

        At present, more than 99 percent of Air Force jobs and 94 percent of Navy jobs are open to women. Due to their specifically ground-combat mission,

the Army (at 67 percent) and the Marine Corps (at 62 percent) offer fewer billets to females. But that, too, may change.

 *52 percent said women should have "special exemptions" from combat.

*69 percent would not want single mothers to serve in such roles.

At the time of the Vietnam War, just 2 percent of military personnel were female; by 1991, at the start of the Persian Gulf War, the total had risen to 11 percent. In Vietnam, 90 percent of women served in traditional female occupations as nurses, doctors, clerks, and administrative personnel. In the Persian Gulf, however, fewer than half of female personnel held traditional roles

 79 percent of enlisted women and 73 percent of officers thought women should be allowed to volunteer for combat roles

12 percent of enlisted women and 14 percent of female officers said they would do so if given the chance.

70% of enlisted women, 79 percent of non-commissioned officers, and 71 percent of commissioned officers said they would not volunteer for combat arms.

When asked about drafting women already in the service into combat arms and compelling them to serve there:

 14 percent of military women said they would definitely remain in the service

27% said they would probably stay

19% would probably leave

33% said they would definitely leave the service if compelled to serve in combat.

When asked if combat readiness standards should be the same for both men and women:

 52% of men said the standards should be the same