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That's what we were instructed to use to refer to a subset of our platoon-mates while working, in those rare cases where it made a difference. One of my DS, an MP from Halifax, would absolutely tear a strip off you if she heard you say 'girl' or 'woman', in barely comprehensible English out from under that scary red Beret, and you knew the woe was coming.
As a recovered Marine, I know too well how sexist the military is especially under the guise of "nomenclature."
I honestly thought you meant she was a Member Of Parliament from Halifax, though that sounds way scarier.
I just made a comment about this too! The "male" and "female" vernacular is alive and well in the US military as well!