Women in the military today engage in combat. It is a misunderstanding on the part of the public to beleive that they do not.
There are a few jobs (MOS) that women cannot hold under the statute. But, they can fill most jobs. With this in mind, women are serving in a combat theatre up to and inclluding the front lines.
However, in modern combat operations the zone of combat operations extends all of the way back into the so-called rear area. The reason for that is simple. Important command and control operations are sited in the rear area. Further, support functions are sited there. If those support functions and command and control operations can be nuturalized the forward forces will not be able to function. IOW, the opposing side knows that victory may be acheivable if the command and control and support operations in the rear area can be nuturalized.
Women who may be in the rear area may be in an area of intense military operations.
Let me give just one example of a female job: Women may become truck drivers. As such they may be driving trucks from the rear area on roads that are subject to military action by the opposing forces, into front line operations. At every point along the way they may be subject to military action by the opposing force. This may be by air. It may be by ground forces. It may be by artillery. It may be by native insurgents.
Women engage in combat, contrary to what the public may think.
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