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Yes and no.
The military service has enlistment and commisioning physical exam standards which vary slightly from service to service but waivers can be had which vary a good bit dependent upon the need of the service. For instance I knew a man who was in his early 70's who had a bad heart and some parkinson's but he was allowed to come in to the service because he was a radiologist. On the other hand I knew an acadamy graduate, a pilot trainee who was discharged when he was found to be a few pounds overweight and an ROTC pilot trainee who was discharged because he was found to be 1/2 inch shorter than the standard.
If you scored high enough on Arab language skill testing and cryptology training aptitude or other shortage skill they would probably allow you to enlist in the Army or AF if you were a double amputee but they wouldn't let you become a Marine rifleman.
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