Teen sheds stones for military career

TEENAGER Joshua Phillips has lost more than three stone in six months following training at the Military Preparation College. The 18-year-oldr from South Wales, who has juggled an intense physical training r...

Army&You summer 2016 available now

Want to find out the latest news, views and information affecting Army families at home and abroad? If, so, check out the summer issue of Army&You. Available for free via our interactive digital edition,...

Mental health preconceptions hold veterans back

ONE third of veterans feel perceptions around mental health issues relating to time served in the Armed Forces, such as PTSD, are detrimental to their career progression on civvy street.   According to a new...

Families share Invictus spirit

FORMER Army Lance Corporal Matthew Elliot is ready to compete at the Invictus Games and, thanks to the Royal British Legion, his wife and children will be supporting him all the way. RBL is co-ordinating tra...

How do you want to live as an Army family?

RESULTS of AFF’s recent quick poll suggest that the majority of Army families believe patch life is important. More than three quarters of in excess of 1,000 respondents agreed that living on a patch helped ...

Germany: life as we know it

It’s been confirmed that unit moves from British Forces Germany (BFG) will be put back to 2019. With this in mind, AFF’s Germany team has been speaking to families for their views on life during the drawdown… ...

Employment boost for Service veterans

INJURED ex-Forces personnel have been given the chance to reuse the skills they learned in the Services and gain increased independence by a charity's manufacturing division. Royal British Legion Industries ...

Gurkha veterans’ firm foundations

ONE year on from the earthquake that left swathes of Nepal in ruins, elderly Gurkha veterans are rebuilding their lives with support from a younger generation of soldiers in the Himalayan foothills. Nearly 1...

Marvellous May for veteran Lamin

INJURED ex-guardsman Lamin Manneh has a hectic month ahead of him after making the Invictus Games squad and being selected as an ambassador for the 2016 Mobility Roadshow. Gambian-born Lamin, who lost both l...

Postbag: In praise of Army welfare

IN THE 20 years I’ve been with my soldier, we’ve been lucky to have never really needed Army welfare – until this year when my husband fell ill following a working trip overseas. He soldiered on for a long tim...