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I met some Royal Marines when I was working in Norfolk VA a few years ago and they had a female Corpsman. Do they go into battle with females Corpsmen? These Marines that I am speaking of protected her fiercly from the American Marines. No doubt they wouldn't risk their own lives to protect her in battle.
As a side note, remember how jubulent Feminist were when Shannon Faulkner was admitted and removed from the Citadel? It is all symbolism to them-no substance!

Female Corpsmen can be assigned to Marine support units (usually where the female Marines are, since female Marines cannot serve in combat roles). They have to go through the same Field Medicine School as do male corpsmen assigned to Marine combat units. All Navy Corpsmen attached to Marine units have to meet Marine weapons qualification standards and physical standards. Basically, if there's a female Corpsman attached to Marines, she'll be attached to a support unit, as a female Marine would be. It's not that there would be a lone female Corpsman out with a Marine infantry unit, but there could be one with a supply or logistics unit.

I have a (male) friend who is a Navy corpsman assigned to the Marines. He says that in the support units, the female Corpsmen are as well-respected as a male Corpsman would be. He agrees with me that a female Corpsman in an all-male combat unit would NOT be a good idea, and says most of his female colleagues agree with his view.

Just as for any woman in a support unit, just because you're not in a combat unit doesn't mean you won't be endangered or come under fire.