Our journey
A blog from Army&You’s spring edition by Rosie, @aaronswifeyx
I met my husband in 2014. We got married the following year and moved into first our quarter. I instantly made the house our home and was so ex...
Winning wordsmith
Never Such Innocence, which runs an annual international poetry, art, speech and song competition for youngsters aged nine to 18, focusing on conflict and its impact, has announced its 2020-21 winners.
Army ch...
A military child
This heart-felt poem, by army child Tyler Larkin, topped the age 9-11 poetry category in the Never Such Innocence poetry, art, speech and song competition. It runs annually for youngsters aged nine to 18, and t...
Popular podcasts
Searching for an inspiring military-themed podcast? We found that the following – all available for download via your preferred app – are perfect partners for any downtime.
The InDependent Spouse
A series of ...
A postcard from Norway
Zoë, soldier Andrew and Rory, who is four, on forces life by the fjords.
How long have you been an army family?
Andrew has been serving since 2005. I met him in December 2015 and by September 2016 we were mar...
#OurArmyFamily
Meet the Bailey family: Christy and Adam, who’ve been married for 13 years, and daughters Grace (13) and Evie (10). The Baileys renewed their vows on their ten-year anniversary, which gave them the less rushed,...
Soldiers savour ‘Steak’ of the art scheme
SSgt Michelle Patterson completed a 22-year career with the Royal Military Police before taking a Full Time Reserve Service role as the Battalion Quarter Master Sergeant of 210 BTY, 103 REGT RA, at Wolverhampto...
Waste not, want not
Sustainability is a hot topic for everyone but how can we as a military community do our bit to reduce waste? Culinary queen AJ Sharp has been putting things to the test…
I’ve found the simplest way to reduce ...
App brings heroes to life
A new, free family activity uses augmented reality technology to tell moving stories of sacrifice at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire.
The innovative experience, ARboretum, is part of a new pro...
The Big Career Shake-Up
Programme Castle is set to completely modernise the way your soldier’s career is currently structured. So how is it going to change things? We asked the director of the scheme, Brigadier James Cook, to tell us…...