MGM: This thread, tho, actually refers to a current bit of UK news: for the first time, our servicewomen are to be trained and permitted to serve in combat zones, whereas previously they were not permitted to do so.

Mot QUITE correct....women in UK forces have been serving in combat ZONES for years, eg as medics, engineers etc. What they haven't been permitted to do until now is serve in primary combat roles...ie as infantry.

They already serve *with* infantry. Just not (yet) *as* infantry.