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Adapting the house

AFF understands that moving is stressful enough, particularly when it involves returning from overseas, but it can be even more so when you require ad...

Where are we with FAM?

AFF Chief Executive Sara Baade and Major General Sharon Nesmith, Director for Personnel of the army, tell us about theFuture Accommodation Model, or F...

Pilot practicalities

IF YOU’RE posted to Aldershot on or after 31 January 2020, the Future Accommodation Model (FAM) pilot will apply to you. It has been designed to offer...

Make Lyla’s birthday wish come true

CAN you help make brain tumour patient Lyla O’Donovan’s seventh birthday special by sending her a card on 28 November? Lyla, who was featured in Ar...

Robert’s story

Robert Wells joined the army at 18 and served almost 13 years in the Royal Military Police. After leaving, he ran his own security business, working a...

A Royal surprise

Picture: Sgt Paul Randall RLC ARMY families in Windsor were given a right Royal boost yesterday when Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess o...

Adopting a family

MAJOR Andy Wilson and his partner Stacey adopted two children through SSAFA, the armed forces charity, which has a registered adoption agency as part ...

Pupils pay tribute to Arnhem veterans

WALHAMPTON School recently hosted a special service to mark the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem, fought in Holland in September 1944. The ...

A corner of Britain

A NEW community hub has opened at Joint Force Command Brunssum after a team of volunteers revamped the old British Café, which closed in February. ...

Getting school admission savvy

WITH more than 76,000 children from forces families attending schools in England, additional help is at hand to help navigate the school admissions pr...