FORMER DEPUTY Commander and Chief of Staff, British Forces Cyprus Polly Miller-Perkins CBE became the first Armed Forces Commissioner in April.
The former Air Commodore, whose 30-year RAF career included deployments to Kosovo and Afghanistan, is a military spouse. She served as a logistics specialist before promotion to senior leadership roles, many of them tri-service.
She is expected to be in post until a permanent appointment is made through an open competition at a later stage.
The Armed Forces Commissioner will be able to look at individual concerns and launch investigations into issues that have a material impact on service personnel and their families.
She will provide independent and impartial oversight of the service complaints process previously undertaken by the Service Complaints Ombudsman. afcommissioner.org.uk