Another absolute tradition shot to HELL.
No pun intended.
Nurses yes, combat NO!!!!!!!!!!!!
Non Combat roles....maybe.
In combat roles...no freaking way.
Except in many cases we might be looking at a distinction without a difference. Case in point. Not braggin’ but this is how it is. During her first deployment in 03 my daughter (Army Reserve AG officer) was stationed at Camp Anaconda in Balad, about 50 miles north of Baghdad. Their compound, an old abandoned Iraqi fort, was bombarded with RPG and gunfire almost on a daily basis. They faced attack when driving to Baghdad. She carried a sidearm and the combat knife her Dad made for her, as well as an M16 when out in the villages.
Combat?