Before they make this move, the powers that be should take a really hard look at the muscle/skeletal problems the returning vets are starting to suffer following carrying 70 yo 100lbs of gear. Women cannot carry t that much wt. And in a combat situation, each “grunt’ has to carry his own load.
Reality does not matter to the PC crowd.
I’ve seen it. I know a young female vet who probably weighed 110 soaking wet. A year in Iraq with the body armor and she has a VA disability of 100 percent.