Forces community takes to the stage
ARMED Forces champion and award-winning actor Ray Winstone is urging Newcastle’s Armed Forces community to take part in a new theatre project starting this month.
Run by Bravo 22 Company, The Royal British L...
Army&You Autumn 2016 out now!
THE wait is over – you can now access the autumn 2016 issue of Army&You, the magazine for everyone with a soldier in their life.
Copies are currently winging their way to Army families across the UK and ...
Pirates capture ship on family fun days
PIRATES, buccaneers and scallywags descended on Falmouth to climb the rigging and capture a well-known tall ship as part of a family fun day.
Young swashbucklers swarmed over the ‘Spirit of Falmouth’, a 92-...
Youngsters embark on Op Camouflage
A MILITARY-themed summer activity scheme in Woodbridge, Suffolk, has brought young people together to develop new skills.
Operation Camouflage has seen more than 80 young people, half from military families ...
The future of Service accommodation
LAST week, Chief of Defence People Lieutenant General Richard Nugee wrote a letter to all Service personnel explaining the reasons behind the proposed move to the Future Accommodation Model.
Whilst AFF welc...
A stitch in time
For all the hi-tech kit which has made soldiers’ lives easier over the centuries, wool has enjoyed an enduring relationship with the Services. We caught up with Joyce Meader, author of Knitskrieg: A Call to Yar...
Take to the open road
In this sponsored editorial, the Open University tells us why its courses are ideal for those in the Forces and their families. Visit www.openuniversity.co.uk/armyandyou for more information.
IT'S going ...
Report reveals plight of working-age veterans
A FORGOTTEN generation of working-age veterans is surviving on an average annual household income of just £13,800, according to a major new report.
Armed Forces charity SSAFA's survey of nearly 1,000 veteran...
Book review
Army&You asked five-year-old Gabriel Rousell-Crate, whose dad is a soldier, to review Secret Agent Oliver and the Football Foe Fighters, the first of a new series of books by Rachel Hayward. With a little h...
Art project seeks volunteers
STAFFORDSHIRE'S National Memorial Arboretum needs your help to create a unique tribute to the British personnel who lost their lives on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.
A total of 19,240 wooden sold...