 Six British women in the Iraq War, and three in the Afghanistan War were killed in action.As far back as the Revolutionary War, when Molly Pitcher took over a cannon after her husband fell in the field, where she was delivering water (in pitchers), women have at times been forced into combat, though until recently they have been formally banned from choosing to do so intentionally.In WWI and WWII women served in numerous roles such as the Army Nurse Corps, and the Women's Army Corps (WAC).