BlogSpot – Stacey’s journey
A blog from Army&You’s autumn 2023 edition by Stacey Heartford.
I’ve known my husband for 21 years and we must have spent ten of those apart. Like so many military marriages, he comes and he goes; pre-de...
BlogSpot behind the wheel: Getting ready for an overseas posting
A blog from Army&You’s summer 2023 edition by Karen.
As part of the training package for my husband’s next role as a Defence Attaché, I was given the opportunity to attend a course which included defensi...
Army&You BlogSpot: Jennifer’s emotional rollercoaster
A blog from Army&You’s summer 2023 edition by Jennifer Jones @heartmindandsoldieryoga
I’m a military wife to William, and dog mama to Wilma (our shy border collie). I became part of the military family i...
The pros and cons of living off-patch
A blog from Army&You’s summer 2023 edition by Amy Burkill
As an army spouse I have had to, like many others, continually adjust to and make choices about how I navigate this distinctive way of life, that...
Blog: Degree of ambition for army spouse
A blog from Army&You’s spring 2023 edition by Scarlett Macfarlane
In 2010, I was 20, newly married, and getting ready to join my husband who was stationed in Germany. To say I was nervous would be an und...
Blogspot: Army families find strength in numbers
A blog from Army&You’s spring 2023 edition by Anne Grant
At the start of 2022 my husband and I made the hard decision to opt into a deployment. This meant he had pre-deployment training for a few weeks a...
BlogSpot: Marking time in military life
A blog from Army&You’s spring 2023 edition by Jenni Hill
I want to reach out to anyone who can connect with that uneasy, pre-move feeling. That grey space where you can’t really do anything useful to fac...
Just like me: Forces youngster’s blog on the feeling of belonging
A blog from Army&You’s winter 2022 edition by Katie Galloway
I’m in year 10 and I’m a service child at Risedale School in Catterick Garrison.
I’ve been here since September 2021 and at the beginning, it...
Lockdown, an accessory to success for this milspouse biz
A blog from Army&You’s winter 2022 edition by Suzanne Kavanagh @anniebeauaccessories
Less than one year into our dream posting to Cyprus schools and businesses shut and we were only allowed to leave the ...
Fifty shades of beige: How to add style to your army quarter
A blog from Army&You’s winter 2022 edition by Helen Reedman @My_Military_Quarter
In the nine years of being a military spouse we have moved six times, with posting number seven scheduled for February. Th...