You should also realize that, in the Marine Corps, all women (like all non-infantry men) go through Marine Combat Training before going to their MOS schools. MCT gives the basic knowledge necessary to do combat-related tasks like foot patrols.
Have you watched the documentaries about Lionesss and FETs? Check out Youtube, plenty of video footage.
The jobs these women were detailed to do after they got to SWA theater went beyond “basic” combat related patrols
They got trained in the field in a catch-up fashion to be able to defend themselves in combat patrols and back up the men
This DoD evolution in assigning their roles formal recognition as “combat” is recognition of their effectiveness in certain WOT combat situations
Not every woman - or man - is cut out to fight another Pork Chop Hill, but many battlefields these days bear little resemblance to Verdun, Pork Chop Hill or Battle of the Bulge.