“Mental Disorders” Tops The List For Why Female Troops Are Medevaced from Afghanistan

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Female Troops Medevaced from Afghanistan at Higher Rate Than Male Comrades --Battleland/Time

U.S. troops in Afghanistan's Pech Valley ready a casualty for a medevac flight last year.

As the U.S. military prepares to send women into the toughest combat billets for the first time, Pentagon medical officers have just released data showing that while “battle injuries” were the leading reason male troops were flown outside Afghanistan for medical care, “mental disorders” topped the list for female troops.

That shouldn’t come as a complete surprise. After all, women remain technically barred from the infantry and other units where close-in combat is the norm. But the data also show that despite the ban, women were medically evacuated from Afghanistan at a rate 22% higher than their male comrades.

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My Comment: More fuel to the debate on having women in combat.