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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A blog from Army&You’s spring 2024 edition by Ellen Owusu Two and a half years ago, when my husband shared with me the news of his new posting to Belgium, I was beside myself with conflicting emotions. O...

A blog from Army&You’s spring 2024 edition by Rachel Lynch I’ve always dreamed of becoming a published author, but I didn’t see it as something I could do as a job until we were posted to Argentina, when...

A blog from Army&You’s winter 2023/24 edition by Louise McIntyre In 2013, my husband Archie was getting ready to leave the army and retrain as a gas engineer, while I worked as a teacher. However, there ...