As with many other high-powered jobs, physical health is important to the ability of a person to handle these kinds of tasks, so it is logical that these considerations enter into the conversation.
Since communities are a key platform for accelerated learning and performance improvement, interactions in physical space help to amplify our ability to pursue these important quests.
All of the services have their own ways of determining qualifications and skill and what is the difference between physical strength and ability, but the gentleman raised a very important issue, and that is the draft, because one of the unintended consequences of this kind of legislation could be to take a problem in recruiting women into support positions and then precipitate a crisis.