The US military's sign up numbers are dwindling and worse yet the number of fighting age men in shape to fight is abysmally low. The leadership probably believe they can tap into women as a way to get new recruits and bolster their fighting numbers. It's obviously a top down strategy so it's not unusual for the officers to promote the strategy. Unfortunately, this will just spell disaster just like women in the workforce. If the number of fighting aged men, people signing up and people in shape to fight is dwindling you need to tackle the underlying social issues not patch the problem with women.