I'm 5'3 and I was in the Army. Though some jobs are restricted by height minumum height for service is 4'10 not 5'4. It's right there on the chart linked too in the story.

Eight years ago, when Ban was 23, she decided she was too short. How short? Around 5 feet 1 inch. That's 1 inch shorter than my wife and 3 inches taller than the minimum height for service in the U.S. Army. According to the Courier Mail of Australia, which published Ban's story two months ago, she

Um, I think he covered that.