Be a VIP for a special celebration
COULD your military family be guests of honour on Armed Forces Day?
The National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire is giving one lucky family a VIP experience at the event, which takes place on Saturday 24...
Actor revisits Para past
DR WHO and The Wombles star Bernard Cribbins OBE headed to Colchester's Merville Barracks to relive his days as a paratrooper.
During the visit, Bernard – who completed National Service in Palestine and Germ...
If you don’t go, they won’t know
Unit welfare teams are there to help and support you through a posting and provide vital care and compassion if the need arises. But what if they do not even know that you’re there? AFF Regional Manager North, ...
AFF Big Debate: Your Say
Army&You chatted to some of the delegates at AFF's Big Debate to find out more about their burning issues about life in and around the Army..
Jill Abram
The top issues are definitely hou...
Postbag: Is Army Reserve up to scratch?
A FRIEND of mine is now a Reservist having previously been a Regular soldier. I understand the Army’s need to reduce manning costs, but having heard her description of her most-recent training weekend I am unco...
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Georgia (21) and Harrison (18) Kent have spent their entire lives in a military family. It’s something that they’re both incredibly proud of – so much so that they’ve both decided to pursue careers that will gi...
War veterans model for body cast sculptor
TOP sculptor Louise Giblin is soon to reveal sculptures based on hand casts of ten serving and retired members of the British military who each served in different wars from 1941-2009 to support the British Leg...
Service group funds resettlement research
The Forces in Mind Trust, established to help ex-Servicemen and women make a successful transition back to civilian life, has awarded a grant of £91,385 to independent think tank the Centre for Social Justice (...
Army families: funding is available for your child’s school!
FUNDING is now available for schools with children from Regular and Reserve Forces families. Why not encourage your child’s school to apply?
The MOD Education Support Fund aims to help schools support childr...
Celebrating our Army heroines
DO you know an Army mum who has done some incredible charity work? Are you an Army wife who is caring for an injured soldier? Perhaps you know an Army girlfriend who has shown true bravery in the face of distre...