own field of endeavor and have "significant experience" in one or more of the commission's areas of concern. --Retired military personnel --Academic institutions --Civilian industry --Non-defense related government agencies --The law --Armed forces combat --Armed forces combat support --Armed forces personnel management Three of the commissioners must be women representing specific groups Armed Services member Representative from a women-in-the-armed-services organization Representative from a women's issues organization Commissioners Robert T. Herres, General, United States Air Force (Ret.) Chairman Mary E. Clarke, Major General, United States Army (Ret.) Samuel E. Cockerham, Brigadier General, US Army Elaine Donnelly, Thomas V. Draude, Brigadier General, United States Marine Corps Mary M. Finch, Captain, US Army William Darryl Henderson, PhD James R. Hogg, Admiral, United States Navy (Ret.) Newton N. Minow Charles C. Moskos, PhD Meredith A. Neizer, Kate Walsh O'Beirne Ronald D. Ray Maxwell R. Thurman, General, US Army (Ret.) Sarah F. White, Master Sergeant, US Air Force Reserve Information gathering by panels Each member of the commission, except for the Chair, was assigned to a panel to collect specific information relating to the commission's purposes. Panel One Commissions members: Ray (Chair), Clarke, Henderson Assignment: Women's roles in the armed services of other nations; women's roles in domestic law enforcement; the issue of prisoner of war Panel Two Commission members: Cockerham (Chair), Finch, Moskos Assignment: Physiological and cost issues for training, readiness, clothing, facilities, and equipment; the issue of pregnancy; the issue of combat unit cohesion Panel Three Commission members: Neizer (Chair), Donnelly, Thurman Assignment: Social and cultural issues, with a focus on the family; concerns about parenthood and child care affecting "deployability"; analysis of the surveys done for the Commission Panel Four Commission members: O'Beirne (Chair), Draude, Hogg, White Assignment: Legal and management issues; issues surrounding personnel retention and career development in all-volunteer armed services; examine recent : experiences of women in combat in Panama and Grenada Survey research Roper Polls The commission had this prestigious center conduct two surveys on the roles of women in the U.S. armed services. One survey polled 1,500 adults in the United States via telephone with a 20-minute survey. Those polled split 50-50 when asked if they supported the current policy categorically restricting women from combat assignments. 50% of those polled would allow women assigned to combat only if they volunteered. 50% of those polled favored drafting or conscripting women during national emergencies or wartime. However, 65% of