<P> The 1991 Gulf War marked the first deployment of British women in combat operations since 1945 . </P> <P> The seizure of Royal Navy sailor Faye Turney in 2007 by the naval forces of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard led to some media comment on the role of women and mothers in the armed forces . </P> <P> In December 2015, it was announced that women would be permitted to begin training in autumn 2016 in order to enter all roles by the end of that year . </P> <P> As of 2010, female personnel made up around 9% of the British armed forces . </P>

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