When blended Army families head overseas

By Esther Thomas, AFF Overseas Manager Moving overseas is challenging for anyone, but for blended families — households combining partners, with a mix of children and sometimes co-parenting with ex-partners,...

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Meeting military minds

By Robynne Batley-Mallett I grew up as a military daughter. I always said I’d never marry into the military as I’d seen what it could be like - the absence, stress at home, the constant not knowing. I was d...

The founding of a federation

Army spouse Alison Baverstock talks to Lady Elizabeth Kitson about founding the Federation of Army Wives Clubs (now AFF*) and why the organisation was needed… ELIZABETH Kitson married at 23 and immediately h...

Diversity of service

AFF’s support extends not just to family members but to the service person as well. Jill Misson meets the personnel who may sometimes go unnoticed… Although an Army household might still consist of a male so...

A postcard from Brunei

Jordan (32, serving), Grace (30), Ava (9), Edie (6) and Ralph (1) How long have you been an Army family? 11 years. How long have you been in Brunei? Seven months. What’s your quarter like? We’ve been lu...

Minority report – life as a male military spouse

  Adapting to life as the partner of a soldier can be a challenge, and not just because of the deployments, the house moves or the impact on any personal employment aspirations. You’re a civilian stepp...

Support for bereaved military families

  GRIEVING FAMILIES will soon benefit from specialist mental health and wellbeing support, thanks to a grant from the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust’s Empowering Bereaved Military Families programme. ...

A slice of Sennelager

It is little surprise – six years on from the large-scale drawdown of British troops from Germany – that service life in Sennelager is generally more of a ‘scaled back’ affair. Fewer ‘resident’ personnel and...

Going solo with others

DECIDING TO be your own boss and ‘go it alone’ work wise need not be a solitary experience, insists Jess Sands, founder of the military spouses, partners and other halves network Milspo. “We support Armed Fo...