So if there are any girls considering the service or are interested, I asked Katrina Wilson what advice she would be willing to offer. She said “Most people can agree that as long as women can step up to the challenge, that they are more than capable of fulfilling combat positions. Of course there are a select few who think otherwise, but ultimately women have done everything to get the combat positions they have acquired. In 2014 retired Gen. James Mattis was asked about his opposition to women in combat said, “It would only be someone who never crossed the line of departure into close encounters fighting that would ever promote such an idea as putting women into combat.” and “The problem is that in the atavistic primate world of close-quarters combat, the idea of putting women in there is not setting them up for success.” Somehow, regardless of the fact that Mattis is now the Secretary of Defense, I believe women will continue to enhance further into the roles of combat, even though combat positions are available to