We have never seen so many female soldiers. They are mothers. Some of them are single mothers ? great numbers of them. And we are sending them to fight our wars in a way that is unprecedented, not just in American history, but in history around the world.

These birth mothers tried to make a plan for them that they might have a better life. If they hadn't made this decision, we wouldn't have the three greatest gifts of our life.

Women are being assigned to units that are supposed to be all male, that are required to be all male. That law is being ignored.

If you violate the co-location rules with
regard to units of action, these new units the Army is putting
out, then you violate it for all of them. She added, “Then
we're talking about special forces, like the ones that fought
in Fallujah, the Marine Corps. We're talking about a really radical
change.

You
can do things on paper, but in reality, you can end up hurting
people. You can make a job more difficult and more dangerous than
it already is.

Sleep, eat, train, fight -- co-located units
that are with the infantry and the armor are right there, very
close. You have other support units that also support infantry
and the armor, but co-location is the difference between 20 feet
and 20 miles.