My niece served as an Army nurse in Iraq. She came home with PTSD from the carnage she saw. Got married to another vet and had children. She has been way too protective of those kids, although that is subsiding, as her husband moderates those overly protective impulses.
There are some things a mother, or future mother, shouldn’t see. She needs to have peace, love and sunshine on her mind, not horrific nightmares. For the good of her children.
I would be very careful about how and where our young women serve their country.
PTSD pensions, injuries, and disability pensions, the VA hospital system.
Females are vastly more likely to collect all those and overwhelm the VA because they suffer PTSD at a much higher rate, and not from being in combat but merely from the military life and living among males.
Injuries? The female body is not made for marching, packs, and the physical activity so they start lining up for the pensions in basic training, and their percentage of injuries is astronomical.
The VA? Women and their love for doctors, visits, and constant health attention are taking over the VA system.