Troops support ending ban on gay troops: Pentagon

The Pentagon says that ending a ban on gay soldiers serving openly would create no serious problems for the US military and that a "solid majority" of troops had no objection to the change.

A Pentagon study released on Tuesday and which President Barack Obama hopes will pave the way for Congress to lift the ban concluded the risk "to overall military effectiveness is low" if

the 1993 "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law is repealed.

They say the study's found that 70 per cent of troops believe that repealing the law would have mixed, positive or no effect , while 30 per cent predict negative consequences.

Opposition is strongest among combat troops with 40 per cent saying it's a bad idea.

That number climbed to 46 per cent among marines.

The study found that 92 per cent of troops who worked with a gay service member believed their experience to be good very good or to have no impact.