“When you are hit and down, you don’t give a rats ass if it is a man or a women that runs out and drags your sorry butt to cover.”
If you are a 200 lb guy with 100 lbs of gear on, it will NOT be a woman who pulls you to cover. Same if you are a 150 lb guy with 100 lbs of gear.
Unless it is a movie. Then a 100 lb gal will carry you back over her shoulder while kickboxing the enemy. While cracking jokes.
I’m sure plenty of women exist that can perform just as well as an average man. Women who can do this should not be denied the opportunity if this is what they wish. However, you and I both know, that they will not decide this based on ability. It will become a political thing. The ones who can truly do this will most likely have no problem becoming a fairly cohesive person in the group, but the more girly-girl troops who think they can do it until the s*** hits the fan will most definitely cause major problems as male human nature to protect women asserts itself.