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Dicey but delightful

Steve Higgs grew up in an Army family in Kent. Following in his father’s and older brothers’ footsteps he joined the REME in 1988 as a 17-year-old a...

A healthy serving of belly laughs

Reading Force Book Club members satisfy their appetites for fun by reviewing Hangry by Kathryn Wanless and Fred Blunt Beatrice, aged six, and dad ...

Navigating the route to citizenship

When serving Foreign and Commonwealth personnel are posted overseas, navigating the journey to British citizenship can be complex, as one nomadic so...

Sharing leave, sharing the load

By Christina Hyslop WHEN MY husband returned to work just two weeks after the birth of our son Rupert, and only four weeks after moving – far from ...

A slice of Sennelager

It is little surprise – six years on from the large-scale drawdown of British troops from Germany – that service life in Sennelager is generally mor...

Coding classes for military children

A SERVICEMAN who spearheaded an initiative introducing young people to the power of computing is championing coding as a rewarding hobby for childre...

Going solo with others

DECIDING TO be your own boss and ‘go it alone’ work wise need not be a solitary experience, insists Jess Sands, founder of the military spouses, par...

Building belonging behind the wire

BY ANNA HUTCHINSONAFF EDUCATION & CHILDCARE SPECIALIST Sitting ‘behind the wire’ on Blandford Camp, Downlands Community School is a well-establ...