I did 20+ and I’ve seen it happen more than many realize.
The women have it especially easy due to their reproductive ability. Pregnancy lands them on a profile almost immediately. Office detail or some other light duty interspersed with numerous maternity appointments.
Males have to be more creative, but there are jobs within some branches and careers that for all intents and purposes should be eliminated but are nice little hideaways where little to no “work” is ever performed.
I worked as a jet engine mechanic and the number of females in the field was about what one would expect. However, the number of females actually working on the line was practically 0. They worked in the tool crib or the parts room or the Chief’s secretary pool...then again, I didn’t know any who could throw a TF-39 CSD and Generator over their shoulder and stick it in a gearbox either.
What many fail to realize is that there are supervisors (NCOs) who are afraid or unwilling to do their jobs and write referral performance reports for losers who shouldn’t see the end of their enlistment contract...these NCOs who are careerists, not wanting to dirty their hands for fear of impeding their career aspirations are, IMO, what is going wrong with the military.
But then they are compelled by upper leadership to pursue degrees, whole person concept, off base volunteerism, etc. in order to have a chance at promotion or senior rater endorser on a performance report that helps the promotion chances of the individual.
TF39, Big Fred. They are retrofitting the C5 with CF6s. They don’t have that distinctive shelled out sound of the TF39.