WRONG!!!
In the Afghan Campaign, one of the Pilots of a SPECTRE A-130 Bad A** Gunship was a FEMALE!
General Dostum of The Northern Alliance picked up his Cell 'Phone (primative as dirt Afghanistan, yet it has cellphones!) and called his 'enemy' counterpart and said, in effect, that "BUSH has so little respect for you Taliban that he sends WOMEN to shoot you from the sky".
It is said that was a Psyops thing in its own category!!
In all respect to you, Lael, I would suggest that in spite of what you truthfully pointed out it's just plain dangerous for these transgendering experiments to continue.
It's only part of the reason, I understand, for the tragic condition of American families, culture and other confusions generated by our PC-types, but to encourage females to join the ranks of fighting men is just plainly wrong-headed thinking.
Because of the fact that natural caring for women is inbred in the (typical) man, it is abhorrant to them to stand idly by whilst a muslim maniac is torturing and dismembering them. After all, even though the female trooper is 20 years old she still reminds him of his mother....or sister.
This experiment is a failure and it's time to reverse this stupidity and acknowledge what a horrendous mistake has been committed!