My proposal for an effective test to review Women in Combat Arms

Despite more than a decade of policy debates and integration efforts, the question of whether women can be effectively integrated into ground combat arms—particularly infantry—remains unresolved. - Donald Vandergriff

• My proposed design:

company-sized units (roughly 100–200 personnel, e.g., a rifle company or reinforced equivalent) structured as 

• all-male, 
• mixed-gender (e.g., 20–30% female, reflecting realistic recruitment pools), and 
• all-female—

tested in an intense, Ranger School-style simulated

•  combat environment for 7–10 days (or up to 2 weeks for fuller fatigue effects) with OPFOR (opposing force), 
• free-play force-on-force scenarios across urban, hilly, wooded, and swampy terrain, under conditions of minimum sleep, limited resupply, high physical demands, and realistic stress—

is one of the stronger, more comprehensive experimental frameworks discussed for validating women’s integration and placement in infantry/ground combat arms...