Really. I don’t see a problem here. Give them the same gear that the men get, and send them out on patrol for 30 days to make contact with the Taliban.
A former neighbor gal was a medic and served at a base in Iraq. When she was sent to Afghanistan she requested to be out on patrols so she could help our guys, rather than the locals that would show up at the base.
She did two tours in Afghanistan on patrols - and was in high demand. (She is beautiful too which may have helped!). She said that having a female along also allowed her to treat the women in villages who were likelier to “like” the Americans, warn them about the enemy, etc.
I don’t think she was in a primary combat team - seemed like more getting out into the various villages to have their presence known. Although her mom would ask “Are you getting shot at?”
“I’m not going to talk about it, but Mom - we’re walking through the middle of fricken’ AFGHANISTAN!”
wait until they are unionized