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 community of Army families and serving personnel in America dur...
Competition for Month of the Military Child
NEVER SUCH Innocence is inviting young people aged 8-18 to write a poem or create a piece of artwork reflecting on the theme ‘winds of change’ as part of its annual Month of the Military Child celebra...
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Back on track
By Claire Borg
A POSTING to Kenya gave our family more time together and, with more control over my own diary, allowed me to rediscover a passion I thought I’d left behind.
Before the move, our life in the ...
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 ‘perpetual outsiders’ while at university.
The Thriving Lives in ...
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 one of Kyiv’s best neighbourhoods. He joined the military, tr...
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 more than just bricks and mortar and is set to create homes tha...
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 myself on meeting these expectations head-on. However, when...
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 launched, it included a series of commitments and set a dead...
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 longstanding source of frustration for many soldiers and Army fa...