Thanks for posting.
As we discovered from the survey results,the views voiced both for and against repeal in IEFs, online inbox entries, focus groups, and confidential communications were not representative of the force as a whole.
The Service members we heard from through these mechanisms were those individuals who felt strongly enough and motivated enough to give voice to their views. Further, the Service members and spouses participating in IEFs, focus groups, the online inbox, and online confidential communication mechanism were not selected through a formal sampling process to ensure representativeness of the force.
Many volunteered to participate, while others were asked
by their local commands to participate.
Question 81. If Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is repealed, how, if at all, will your military career plans be affected?
Overall
My military career plans would not change 62.3%
I will stay longer than I had planned 1.7%
I will think about staying longer than I had planned 1.8%
I will think about leaving sooner than I had planned 11.1%
I will leave sooner than I had planned 12.6%
Don’t know 10.5%
So we’re going to risk loosing maybe a third of our military just to satisfy a small minority of maybe 3 to 5 percent?