This is honestly the sort of issue that I would like to talk to folks in the military about.  My gut reaction is against it based on my old-fashioned belief that women are still the "fairer" sex (actually stronger in some ways, weaker in others) and are to be protected.  Lots of feminists out there will eat me for lunch for saying that, but there you have it. Yet I don't have the facts to make a knowledgeable judgment, and tend to trust those in/on the military field for such decisions.