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...

#WinWednesday: Marvellous Mo’s debut kids’ book

BRITISH sporting hero and double Olympic champion Mo Farah has teamed up with Army&You to offer five lucky readers the chance to win a copy of his first children’s book. Ready, Steady Mo! is a fun, actio...

Temporary closure of AFF’s F&C service

AFF’s Foreign & Commonwealth Assistant, Michelle Prince Burnett, has now moved on after three years of outstanding work. In her time at AFF she has helped thousands of Foreign & Commonwealth families, c...