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When trouble breaks out, our men and women in uniform, they don't just sit around thinking about it or talking about it - they act. They put on that uniform. They leave their loved ones behind. They go out there. They give orders. They follow orders. They do whatever it takes to keep our country safe.

I have no problem with women in the military, if that's what they want to do.

Women are needed in the military because there aren't enough soldiers, and we're seeing more women serve.

In the 360-degree battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, women have served honorably and fought valiantly. Yet there is a key difference between being in harm's way and reacting to enemy contact, and being in a direct combat operations role day in and day out. They are different scenarios that require different standards.

I grew up in a military family, and there's something about that military-style uniform, all cleaned up, a brutal control effort the military necessarily breeds.

Much of the demand for women in combat comes from female officers who are eager for medals and promotions.

More than 48 million men and women have served America well and faithfully in military uniform.

Anybody who was in the military or a military family has a certain sensitivity to the separation. Everyone knows military wives have the hardest jobs. I was born into one. When I think back to those days, I didn't appreciate it then.

Our national values demand that we assist the families of our men and women in uniform, especially at the time of their greatest need.