It is, yes, part of a pattern of women being treated as largely ornamental in Stripes.
March around twirling their guns and going to glorified car shows? In the process, the rest of the platoon, Hulka, and Hulka's immediate superior, self-absorbed Captain Stillman, get caught unofficially behind enemy Communist lines in Czechoslovakia.
Depending on your sense of humor you will either find this scene hilarious or distasteful.