Just getting from one base to another and hauling supplies for your mates puts you in a combat zone.
Sorry guys but the concept of “battle zones” and combat aka Pork Chop Hill does not exist in Iraq. It’s all a jungle.
‘course, the fair damsels could sit home and wait for al Qaeda to bring the combat zone to another American city.
Being in a combat zone and being slotted for ground combat operations are different activities.
I’ve seen some women do very well in convoy operations but given that patrols, ambushes, etc are not even something that most men can do well, I’d have to agree that it isn’t something women should be assigned to do.
Being in a combat zone and being in a ground combat MOS are completely different things. We are talking about the latter not the former.