Boris backs veterans’ campaign
LONDON Mayor Boris Johnson and newspaper owner Evgeny Lebedev spent a night rough-sleeping on a London street to support of a campaign to raise awareness of the plight of homeless veterans.
Armed with just a...
Have your say – register to vote
THE 2015 UK Parliamentary General Election is fast approaching and the only way you can have your say is to be on the electoral register.
Registering to vote is simple. Army personnel and their families that...
Royal Ascot releases tickets for troops
ASCOT Racecourse is offering 1,500 two-for-one grandstand admission tickets to Armed Forces personnel and their families and MOD Civil Servants at Royal Ascot on Friday 19 June.
As well as featuring a host o...
Voices of the future
Nicky Clarke received a richly-deserved MBE in 2014 for her pivotal role in the success of the Military Wives Choir. She spoke to Army&You about how it all began and her vision for the future...
What...
Kick the habit
ACCORDING to a report from the Ministry of Defence, one-in-three Armed Forces members smoke. To combat this high figure, Service personnel and their families are being urged to get involved in No Smoking Day on...
Reminder for England-based Forces parents
IF your child attends a state school, academy or free school in England and has been registered with the school as a Service pupil, the school will be granted a Service Pupil Premium (SPP) of £300.
Schools w...
Like father, like son
Shellie Bell shares her experience as an Army wife and mum as her son follows her husband into the military...
I HAVE been an Army wife for almost 16 years. Dave was already in the military when we met t...
Support AFF this Christmas
POST-modern folk group three and me are releasing charity single Lost and found with all download proceedings going to the Army Families Federation (AFF).
Inspired by Vera Brittain’s renowned autobiography T...
Great War medical records revealed
MEDICAL records of 30,000 men who fought along the Western Front have been newly-transcribed to mark the centenary of the devastating First World War battle of Ypres.
These rare accounts, from the 51st Field...
Forces family’s 4×4 fun
The Coley family took up a 4x4 driving day with Drive-Tech – who are experts in skid control, karting and 4x4 off roading at Castle Combe Circuit in Wiltshire. Cpl Jamie Coley reviews the experience for Army&am...