Worldwide, about 11 percent of the two-million people in the active-duty American armed forces are women.

They train hard and work hard, but they're not the equivalent of the active-duty force.

Floridians make up about 12.5 percent of the active-duty military force.

"I don't think the American people writ large are anxious to have active-duty forces in a law enforcement role."

That comes to about 1 percent of active-duty forces and is insufficient for current and future needs.

Over the past 16 years, the number of people serving in the active-duty forces has declined 35 percent.

The military is scheduled to shrink to 1.6 million active-duty forces in 1995 from just under 2 million now.

There are about 54,000 women in the Navy, and they make up about 9 percent of its active-duty force.

The Defense Department wants to keep more active-duty forces than it needs.

The Pentagon is right to resist hasty reductions in the active-duty force.