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Stateside support

AFF OVERSEAS Manager Esther Thomas reinforced ties with the British Defence US Support welfare team and explored how best to serve the dispersed com...

Your money needs a plan in 2026

SPONSORED EDITORIAL When money sits in cash, it usually grows slowly and may not keep up with inflation. Over time, that can mean your savings buy le...

Hidden in higher education

Research commissioned by the Service Children’s Progression (SCiP) Alliance has found that many young people from military families feel like ‘perpe...
Evgenia and her toddler with husband Illya who has been fighting the war in Ukraine

A life less ordinary

Before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Evgenia’s Sekirina's husband Illya was the owner of a successful tech company. They lived in o...

Fantastic foundations

The Defence Housing Strategy 2025 heralds the biggest transformation of Armed Forces accommodation in more than 50 years. It’s a plan about far mor...

Boots, barracks and brain fog

BY STAFF SERGEANT JODI STICKLAND, AGC SPS Serving in the Armed Forces demands resilience, discipline and unwavering commitment. For years, I prided...

Raising the standard

There are early signs that the new Consumer Standard for families living in Service Families Accommodation (SFA) is helping to improve lives. When ...

Green shoots on the home front

  BY CAT CALDER, AFF HOUSING SPECIALIST Habitual underinvestment, slow repairs and a lack of accountability have made military housing a long...

Make yourself at home

Army housing is getting a much-needed makeover, with major investment in accommodation and more freedom for families to enhance the spaces they live...