America's Military Today?

I was perusing a local bookstore today when I ran across a book by Todd Ensign called America's Military Today. The book is written to outline how off course our military is and to "uncover" the injustices of our uniformed services. Of course, all of this is written by an individual who has never actually served in the Military and whose quotes came from questionable sources as well as Vietnam era war movies.
Let me give you a few examples of Mr. Ensign's "facts". Fact Number One: The Military is full of macho men who have a tendency to be aggressive. Oh, goodness. We would not want men who are actually confident in their abilities to be responsible for protecting our freedoms. What he is actually trying to point out is that women are supposedly not treated with equality. I am a Marine, an Officer in a service particulary noted for machismo, and I have not witnessed any unfair treatment directed towards women. Many female Marines are close friends of mine. Fact Number Two: Men and women in the armed forces are required to attain a certain prescribed fitness level, a level that the public supposedly is not aware of and would be surprised if they knew what it was. Hmm...so I guess the public has no idea that our Military personel are supposed to actually be fit...you mean all those Army, Marine, Navy, and Air Force commercials that show fit young people doing strenuous things is true??? And my goodness, I sure do not want fit people responsible for fending off our enemies.
For more of Mr. Ensign's facts, you can read it for yourself. Though, I personally would not bother, for two reasons. 1: It is unfactual 2: What good points he has that could be used to add some new ideas are lost in his overtly liberal slant, anti-Military views, and anti-Bush sentiments.