The soldier’s soldier

A blog from Army&You’s summer 2025 edition by Ellen Owusu. Are you a military spouse who is working hard to have a thriving career, and there is no doubt that the next relocation will affect your profess...

BlogSpot – Building a business that will travel

A blog from Army&You’s spring 2025 edition by Dr Kathrine McAleese. I started my business about five months before meeting my Combat Medical Technician husband. I was a systemic psychotherapist and coach...

BlogSpot – A journey of resilience and community

A blog from Army&You’s spring 2025 edition by Gemma Antcliffe Undergoing IVF is challenging, but for military families, it comes with unique obstacles. Frequent relocations and deployments mean that even...

BlogSpot – A wonderful run

A blog from Army&You’s autumn 2024 edition by Rosie McEwan, SHAPE Community Liaison Officer My first Make-A-Wish 24-hour run was in 2023 and I was smitten with the idea. Exercise, being outside and chatt...

BlogSpot – You can do this!

A blog from Army&You’s autumn 2024 edition by Boo Forster-Haig The definition of resilience from the Cambridge Dictionary is ‘the ability to be happy, successful again after something difficult or bad ha...

BlogSpot – Putting down roots

A blog from Army&You's summer 2024 edition by Geri Dougall Being a military wife and mum hasn’t been easy and having no stable support system or ‘village’ around you can make childcare and having your ow...

BlogSpot – Cottage industry

A blog from Army&You’s summer 2024 edition by Tracy Butler I left the RAF 12 years ago when my eldest son Oliver was two and a half as my partner and I were both serving and knew that our luck with co-lo...

BlogSpot – It’s a small world

A blog from Army&You’s summer 2024 edition by Ssgt Jennifer Lavery. I had always been interested in miniatures and doll’s houses and started my hobby in 2020 when I saw a French-style doll’s house online...

BlogSpot – Summer chaos?

A blog from Army&You’s summer 2024 edition by Sam Darlington. Moving house is famously stressful, but add in a military relocation, and you’ve got a summer shambles. I remember those summers filled with...

BlogSpot – Research is challenging but rewarding

A blog from Army&You’s spring 2024 edition by Lyndsay Spencer I’m a military wife, mum to three wonderful service children and undertaking a part-time PhD at the University of Surrey. The focus of my PhD...