Btw. Regarding government contractors or mercenaries fighting in a war, that was pretty common in the past.
We are just discovering what worked to some extent in the past several millenia.
Problem with contractors is that you can't be entirely sure of their loyalty. Look at Renaissance Italy. Mercenaries kept wars going by not completely destroying each other. In some cases when there's actually no trouble, they'd either start it or outright extort the city-state like what happened to Siena.
Of course no single mercenary group these days would be able to hold an entire country hostage but they would want existing wars to keep going.
WOMEN WILL NOW BE INCLUDED IN THE MILITARY DRAFT IN THE USA
When I was in the military, we were told women were not drafted because of the chivalrous nature of men. If a soldier falls, you need to continue the advance, not stop and help (her).
They want equality let them have it. Men get called out as "sexist" for acting courteously/chivalrously towards women anyway. Maybe put the women in an all female squad?