Within this document is the testimony delivered by 15 individuals at congressional hearings. Among the issues spoken to are: the combat exclusion law and its effect on the careers of women in the military; the kinds of jobs open to female armed services personnel; special problems that women in the military face; their promotion and retention rates; sexual harassment of military women and the wives of male personnel; and the dissatisfaction of military spouses. The statements from members of Congress are from Representatives Herbert H. Bateman (Virginia); Beverly B. Byron (Maryland); and William L. Dickinson (Alabama). Other statements are from David J. Armor, Department of Defense; Carolyn Becraft, Women's Equity Action League; Vice Admiral L. A. Edney, U.S. Navy; Martin M. Ferber, U.S. General Accounting Office; Judith S. Gibson, Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Military; Sydney Hickey, National Military Family Association; Lieutenant General Thomas Hickey, U.S. Air Force; Lieutenant General John Hudson, U.S. Marine Corps; Rear Admiral Thomas Matteson, U.S. Coast Guard; Lieutenant General Allen K. Ono, U.S. Army; Mady Segal, University of Maryland; and Sandra Stanley, Towson State University. (CML)