Our Army Family: Meet the Makins

Daniela Makin, her serving husband Seth and their children Raphael (7), Corin (6) and Arwen (1) have embraced life in the rainforests of British Forces Brunei during their latest posting… Namaste! I knew fro...
Camille and Will

Our Army Family: Meet the Chapman-Duponts

The Chapman-Dupont family – Camille and Will (serving) – originally tried long-distance love but have now bought their first home together… We met during my year abroad in the UK and weathered long-distance ...

Our Army Family: A snapshot of army family life

Kirsty, Ben (serving) and their children Annabel (11), Henry (10) and Hugh (18 months) have just settled into their latest posting in Edinburgh… Our very first whirlwind experiences of army family life were ...

#OurArmyFamily – Rosie and Josh

Rosie & Josh have been together for ten years and married since 2017. Josh started at Sandhurst when the couple had been going out for just seven months, so the army has pretty much always been a part of th...

#OurArmyFamily – the Bowen family

Meet the Bowen family: Freya (21) and her brother Alex (15), parents Christopher (serving) and Katie and their greyhound collie cross, Misty. Here, Freya shares her story… My parents have been an army family f...

#OurArmyFamily – the Russell family

Meet the Russell family: Tony (serving soldier), Alison and their five children Charlie (22), Bethany (20), Liam (18), Thomas (17) and Jack (10). Here, Alison shares their story… We are what you might refer to...

#OurArmyFamily

Meet the Bailey family: Christy and Adam, who’ve been married for 13 years, and daughters Grace (13) and Evie (10). The Baileys renewed their vows on their ten-year anniversary, which gave them the less rushed,...

#OurArmyFamily

Meet the Greenwood family: Sam, Hannah, Harry (7), Aubrey (4), and Monty, the Jack Russell. Sam was a soldier long before he met his wife of almost 11 years, so military life is all Hannah has known of married ...

#OurArmyFamily

Meet the Keen family. Chris is a freelance radio presenter, DJ and military spouse. He runs @SpouseHour on Twitter and also writes a blog offering advice to other ‘followers of the flag’ – especially men – call...