Discipline and readiness standards also were lowered to accommodate women, who, it seemed had a different idea of what military service should be. Currently 47 percent of army women do not complete their enlistment, compared to 28 percent of men. While this was at least recognized as a problem, the other impact of all this, men not wanting serve in a fighting organization that was not serious about readiness, was not. The Marines are still able to get enough recruits. The army is not and interviews with troops show the reason why.
Marines feel they are in an organization that takes their combat mission seriously.
Army soldiers see politics calling the shots, not military necessity. The navy is having the same problems with women on combat ships. The worst part of all this is that many of these problems are off limits to open discussion within the military. Civilians can talk about them, and I just did. You can too.