Can you be more specific?
Sure thing, just give me your perspective, are you military, have you been engaged in the front lines?
I am a drill sergeant in the Army (since 2010) enlisted in 2005. I have been fortunate not to have been deployed yet, but given that it's my job to prepare soldiers for life overseas in combat environments as well as garrison life, an understanding of our current mission as well as its objectives is imperative. What i will say is that there is no "front line". As far as the army goes, you may train to perform a certain job, but there's no guarantee you will be doing that job overseas. Where you go and who you go with will depend largely on the mission your unit is tasked to accomplish.
I thank you for your service to our country, and I appreciate your perspective well beyond most that would be posting here. There are are a significant few that don't appreciate the difference in gender. I'm not one of those.