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Summer moves checklist

Packing up and moving home is probably one of the most stressful things about family life in the army, so AFF Housing Specialist Cat Calder has put ...

Enter our Summer 2025 giveaways

Enter our sensational summer giveaways! Take a look at what you can win courtesy of Army&You! We have sourced some fabulous prizes for this spri...

Technology and teaching

ADVERTORIAL With tales of ChatGPT cheating abound, the summer issue of Army&You includes a focus on 'technology and teaching' that takes a virtua...

Advocating for army family carers

Service life can be challenging at the best of times with frequent moves and times of separation, both from the serving spouse or partner and from f...

Childcare survey snapshot

Serving personnel and their families have been contacting AFF to voice their concerns about the difference in funded childcare hours across the UK a...

Making firm friends

Defence Academy Friends and Families (DAFFYS) is a volunteer-run events organisation, which welcomes all those who work and serve at Shrivenham Defe...

Families feel the squeeze

In 2024, AFF, with the support of the other two families federations, ran a tri-service pay survey, which aimed to provide evidence directly from mi...

Fresh starts overseas

Thinking of trying something new this year, maybe a fresh start in a new sport, learning a language or just meeting people and feeling part of a com...