Knowing something about the Military Code myself, the Military has a strong standard for Men and Women separately.
The Military has done exhaustive studies into the physical differences between Men and Women. Women do not have the chemistry or the Physiological ability to perform like Men under extreme physical conditions. Its a physical impossibility due to the way Women's bodies work under physical stress.
Therefore This is no secret, nor is it an issue to be applied to actual combat. The Military has a standard for it and fully accepts the differences.
However, where performing complex tasks is concerned, like flying highly complex aircraft or operating complex equipment, Women do quite well.
The emotional physiology is also debatable. Some women perform under severe pressure, every bit as well as Men, since it's mostly a matter of training, conditioning and exposure.
Get used to it. In this modern Military, Women are here to stay. Perhaps limited in some areas, as well they admittedly should be. But don't put them down. They do have a useful purpose.
Your correct they do have a purpose, as support roles, not in combat. Sure they can fly a combat aircraft, but if they are shot down can they carry their wounded co-piolt to safety on E&E? Just because they are in a fighting machine does not mean they cannot get that machine shot out from under them. I would not want to rely on a woman in combat.
4000 years of history has proven, men are built for combat. Women are built to survive other enviromental stresses.