It is clear to me that they want women in the combat arms simply because they never intend to fight another war. It just will allow women to rise in the ranks of an entirely paper tiger armed forces. The new drone medal is also a method of getting non-combatants promoted.
“It is clear to me that they want women in the combat arms simply because they never intend to fight another war.”
That’s true (at least another war “on the ground”). It really looks like they’re looking to provide some new jobs for the thousands of government workers already laid off, and thousands more postal workers that will be laid off; gubmint “workfare”.