Originally Posted by theking

I will enlighten you...among other problems it will cause...is a reduction in re-enlistments of current...would be career military...especially in Combat Arms...as the largest percentage of those that were/are opposed to the repeal of DADT were/are serving in Combat Arms. It will also affect the enlistment rate.

What the percentage of loss will be remains to be seen. I suspect somewhere around the 10% mark at a minimum.

There will be other problems...specifically for those gays that choose to enlist...ranging from the minor to the severe.