People have grown up

so the military needs to catch up. Allow homosexuals to openly serve in the military. Quoting from the Zogby poll:
"Nearly one in four U.S. troops (23%) say they know for sure that someone in their unit is gay or lesbian, and of those 59% said they learned about the person's sexual orientation directly from the individual, a Zogby International poll of troops who served in Iraq and Afghanistan shows.

More than half (55%) of the troops who know a gay peer said the presence of gays or lesbians in their unit is well known by others. According to the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, service members are not allowed to say that they are gay.

These findings come amidst significant changes in the military and political landscape. This week, Robert M. Gates took over as the U.S. Secretary of Defense, and next month, Democrats will take control of the Congress. Some observers expect the new climate to prompt intense examination of all aspects of military policy including potential reinstitution of the draft, which is advocated by some in the new majority's leadership. "

Mustang Bobby:
"In other words, discrimination in the armed forces against gays and lesbians has been one of the reasons our military is stretched to the limit: we've gotten rid of so many soldiers who wanted to serve but were discharged, or barred the enlistment of men and women because of who they are that it is causing a problem. (Oh, well, yes, there is that little matter of the pointless occupation of Iraq, too. That's probably not been a great recruiting tool.)

Not only that, we've gotten rid of a number of Arabic translators and analysts at the Pentagon because the brass actually believed that having a gay man or lesbian working in their office interpreting messages from groups like al-Qaida presented more of a threat to our national security than the terrorists. As General Shalikashvili makes clear, it's obvious that the policy against gays and lesbians is worse for the military than actually allowing them to serve in the first place."

The military is hurting for people. There are people willing to serve. (There are also people who are tired of serving in the Eternal War on a Noun, and 'out' themselves to be discharged.)
Acceptance of gays would benefit the military. The lightbulb is slowly turning on.....