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Accommodation - Service

• Substitute - Autumn09, p17
• The Future Accommodation Project - Autumn 11, p16
• It's Prime and It's Key - Autumn11, p30

Afghanistan

• Awesome Flying - Summer11, p10
• Mixed Emotions, MERT in action - Autumn11, p14
• Good Morning Aghanistan - Winter11, p10
• It's Too Darn Hot! - Winter11, p14
• Speaking Pashto - Winter11, p18
• The Square Stocking - Winter11, p38

Air Cadets

• On Tour with the Air Cadets - Autumn10, p40.

Air Staff Officer

• Fly on the Army Wall - Spring10, p16

Additional Needs

• Registering Additional Education Needs - Winter07, p33

Allowances

• CEA The Policy Makers View - Spring09, p28
• Q&A on the Allowances Review - Spring11, p21
• Children's Educational Allowance, what is going on? - Autumn11, p19

Armed Forces Covenant

• The Armed Forces Covenant. What should we make of it? - Summer11, p38

Battle of Britain

• The Battle of Britain - Autumn10, p10

Bereavement

• Just FAB - Winter10, p22
• RAF Widows Association - Spring11, p47
• Appearing before the House of Commons Defence Committee - Summer11, p25

BFBS

• Moving to DAB - Summer09, p4
• Good Morning Aghanistan - Winter11, p10

Blades

• On Board with the Blades - Autumn10, p45

Books

• Tail-End Charlie - Winter 08, p20
• Demons in the Dark - Spring10, p12
• My Daddy is Going Away - Spring10, p24
• Going to Afghanistan - Summer10, p24
• My Mummy is a Soldier - Autumn09, p16
• Book Conservation, A Stitch in Time - Summer11, p14
• Poppy Day - Winter11, p16

Brize Norton

• Programme Future Brize - Autumn09, p26
• Bring on the Diggers - Summer10, p39
• Programme Future Brize is Taking Shape - Winter10, p37

Careers/Self Employment - Non-Service

• Looking for that Opportunity - Summer08, p8
• When the Going Gets Tough - Summer09, p12
• It Takes Courage, but its Worth It - Autumn09, p12
• Job Centres are not What they Were! - Summer10, p46
• Report from an Armed Forces Job Centre Champion - Winter10, p44
• A Stitch in Time - Summer11, p14
• Doula Support - Winter09, p24
• A Handrail to Life in Civvy Street - Autumn11, p28
• Following the Flag does nothing for your CV - Winter11, p43
• Employment for Family Members,What is the FF Doing? - Winter11, p43
• Making Beautiful Things - Winter11, p44

Careers - Service

• Your Career is Managed - Spring09, p24
• Project Zeus - Spring11, p40
• The New Employment Model - Autumn11, p36

Casualties/Seriously Injured Personnel

• Battle Back - Winter08, p6
• The Joint Casualty & Compassionate Centre Explained - Winter09, p28
• Help for Heroes - Winter10, p40

Ceremonies

• Repatriation Ceremonies - Autumn08, p30 

Charity

• From Home with Love - Winter11, p42

Childcare

• Childcare Was an Issue - Autumn08, p33

Children

• Adoption - Summer08, p32
• When Children 'Press to Test' Again and again - Spring09, p34
• Adoption, The Day We Met - Summer10, p12
• (Parents) Going to Afghanistan - Summer10, p24
• Will you read to me Daddy? - Winter08, p36
• "Assumption is the Mother of all Screw-Ups" - Winter10, p34
• The Case for Teenagers - Autumn11, p10
• Living with Autism - Autumn11, p12
• In the Interests of Service Children - Autumn11, p22
• Bringing Up Children is no Easy Task - Autumn11, p41
• Step Up and Step Forward - Winter11, p26

Communications

• Calling those on Ops - Winter09, p34
• Getting Parcels Out of Area - Winter09, p36
• The Joys of Food Parcels Stuffed Full of Calories - Winter09, p37
• Miles More Minutes - Summer10, p45
• The Square Stocking - Winter11, p38

Community

• Community Support & the CDO - Spring08, p40
• New Kid's on the Block - Summer09, p33
• Coming to a Unit near You! - Summer11, p36

Compassionate Travel

• The Joint Casualty & Compassionate Centre Explained - Winter09 p28

Compensation

• Armed Forces Compensation Scheme - Summer10, p33

Complaints

• Dr Susan Atkins, Service Complaints Commissioner - Autumn08, p28
• When there is a Serious Complaint to be Made - Autumn09, p30

Cyprus

• Beware Man in the Kitchen - Spring09, p10
• Cyprus Angst (letter) - Summer09, p37

Dental

• The Aching Subject of Dentists - Winter09, p30

Desk Officer

• A Day in the Life of a Desk Officer - Summer10, p38

Detachment

• Living and Working Away at Winter07, p20
• Mummy is a 'Soldier' - Autumn08, p6
• Detached into the Unknown - Spring08, p8
• A Man Speaks! The Truth is We Feel Guilty - Summer10, p17
• Outburst from Mrs H. Can you hear me dear? - Summer10, p18
• Serving in Sierra Leone - Autumn10, p8
• Under the Heat of the Texan Sun - Autumn10, p14

Diaspora

• Far Flung to the Four Corners - Winter08, p30

Disability

• Battle Back - Winter08, p6
• Ski 2 Freedom -Winter08, p8

Divorce and Marriage Breakdown

• When it All Goes Wrong - Winter08, p12
• Pension Splitting on Divorce - Summer09, p28
• Marriage Breakdown - Autumn09, p4
• Money Worries Over Divorce and Separation - Summer10, p36
• Left Out in the Cold Winter10, p33

Dogs

• Military Working Dogs are a Breed Apart - Winter09, p8

Domestic Violence

• Mr Right or Mr Wrong - Winter10, p24

Education - Children's

• There for Your Children - Winter07, p32
• Being a Border - Spring08, p24
• Choosing a Boarding School - Spring08, p26
• A Parent's Guide to Claiming Boarding School Allowance - Spring08, p27
• Boarding School Education in the UK - Spring08, p25
• School Admissions and Appeals - Summer08, p22
• Cameron's Story - Spring09, p16
• Boarding School Allowance, The Policy Makers View Spring09, p28
• Boarding School Allowance - Spring09, p28
• CEA Claims - Summer09, p4
• Changes to School Admissions - Summer09, p21
• Trying to do the Right Thing by Your Children - Winter08, p24
• A Pioneering Spirit - Summer10, p26
• Going on to Secondary School - Winter10, p30
• The Experience of Education of Service Children - Spring11, p26
• The Pupil Premium, Taking the Initiative - Spring11, p28
• Cranwell Primary - Spring11, p31
• Policy Matters - Spring11, p41
• Dealing with the Difference - Summer11, p26
• Children's Educational Allowance, what is going on? - Autumn11, p19
• Service Families' Children Education - Autumn11, p25
• Respect and Discipline - Autumn11, p26
• The Federation's Response to the CEA Review -Winter11, p22
• Step Up and Step Forward - Winter11, p26

Education and Training - Adult

• So What's in it for the Adults? - Winter08, p23
• The Road to Success - Summer09, p20
• Lifeworks - Winter11, p24

Emergency Contact

• The Joint Casualty & Compassionate Centre Explained - Winter09, p28

Falklands

• Diary of a Dependant I, Winter07, p13
• Diary of a Dependant II, Wife in Overdrive - Spring08, p12
• Diary of a Dependant III, Heading South - Autumn08, p8
• Diary of a Dependant IV - Summer09, p6

Family

• Reduce the Risk for You and Your Family - Winter07, p26
• Service Families Task Force - Autumn08, p31
• Off the Rails - Spring09, p8
• When Children 'Press to Test' Again and again - Spring09, p34
• Adoption, The Day We Met - Summer10, p12
• Are IPQs on the Training Syllabus... - Summer10, p20
• From the Other Side of the Fence - Autumn10, p43
• Doula Support - Winter09, p24
• I Love You Mummy... - Spring11, p18
• Operation Bangers & Mash - Spring11, p10

Federation - RAF FF

• Activities Update - Winter08, p18
• Its All About the Evidence - Spring09, p15
• Not Quite 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire' Summer09, p18
• Capturing Your Views - Autumn09, p13
• In the Footsteps of the Incas - Spring10, p34
• New Government, New Goals - Summer10, p22
• Find Bobby the Brave - Summer10, p24.
• Providing Evidence to the AFPRB - Winter10 - p26
• Speak Up!  Last year's evidence - Spring11, p22
• Stan Braithwaite Joins the Team as Housing Specialist - Spring11, p23
• The New Line is ON-LINE - Summer11, p20
• Focus on Accommodation - Summer11, p20
• Briefing from Senior Staff at PJHQ - Summer11, p20
• Appearing before the House of Commons Defence Committee - Summer11, p25
• Armed Forces Covenant. What should we make of it? Summer11, p38
• The Future Accommodation Project - Autumn11, p16
• Federation Work of Note this Quarter - Autumn11, p18
• 'None of the Above', MoD Welfare Conference - Autumn11, p20
• Gritty, Crazy, Beautiful Naples - Autumn11, p38
• Personnel & Allowances (SPVA) - Winter11, p21
• The Federation's Response to the CEA Review -Winter11, p22
• The FREEZE on Pay Continues - Winter11, p23
• Employment for Family Members,What is the FF Doing? - Winter11, p43

FSA

• Money Made Clear Programme - Summer09, p4
• Don't Miss Out on the Opportunity to Talk Money, Autumn09, p24

Germany

• Culture Shock - Summer10, p14

Government

• Coalition Commitments - Autumn10, p42

Grants and Assistance

• The Annington Trust and RAF Families - Spring09, p32
• The Hemsby Chalets - Spring09, p33
• Seacot House - Spring09, p33
• Annington Trust - Summer09, p4
• Step Up and Step Forward - Winter11, p26

Halton

• A Day in the Life of Air Cdr Barbara Cooper - Summer08, p6

Health

• Obesity. What Can Be Done? - Spring08, p31
• Wonderful Selly Oak - Summer08, p36
• Allergies - Summer08, p26
• Taking Small Steps Towards Regular Activity - Summer08, p27
• Small Change Big Difference - Autumn08, p20
• Stressed Out - Winter08, p10
• A Pledge from the NHS - Spring09, p22
• Second Chance - Summer09, p9
• Medical Guide for Parents, Part I - Summer09, p26
• Exceptional Care, King Edward VII Hospital - Autumn09, p31
• Medical Guide for Parents, Part II - Winter09, p22
• Lisa's Story - Spring10, p14
• Eyes are Precious - Summer10, p29
• The Injured Mind - Autumn10, p16
• NHS, Embracing Service Personnel - Autumn10, p34
• Visiting Service Families in Hospital - Spring10, p23
• Healing Hands - Spring11, p36
• Peace & Love - Summer11, p12
• Time in the Sun - Summer11, p17
• Exercise is Good for You - Summer11, p30
• Good Health - Summer11, p31
• Living with Autism - Autumn11, p12
• Preferential Treatment (PT) -Winter11, p36

Helicopters

• Commander Joint Helicopter Command - Summer09, p3

Holidays

• The Hemsby Chalets - Spring09, p33 

Home to Duty

• Obstacles Rather than Good Intentions (letter) - Summer09, p37
• Tax Relief on Duty Travel - Autum10, p39
• The MoD is not 'Going Green' - Spring09, p26

Housing - General

• Combating Condensation, Mould and Mildew - Winter09, p19

Housing - Private

• Affordable Housing - Spring08, p28
• The Future Accommodation Project - Autumn11, p16

Housing - Service

• Contact Housing for the RAF - Summer08, p33
• Is this the Worst Job in NATO? - Summer08, p24
• Defence Estates Housing, Any Progress? - Spring09, p18
• Cuckoo in the Nest - Spring09, p20
• The White Van Cometh - Spring09, p21
• The latest on Service Housing- Summer09, p24
• Energy Efficiency. Defence Estates are Listening - Summer09, p25
• No Real Surprises - Summer09, p22
• Subsitute Accommodation - Autumn09, p17
• Is Cleaning Finally a Thing of the Past - Autumn09, p18
• Going Out With a Man in a Van - Autumn09, p20
• Defence Accommodation, The Next Ten Years - Winter09, p20
• Unbelievable Disregard (letter) - Winter09, p52
• A Need to Lower my Expectations (letter) - Winter09 p52
• You Are Deployed - Can You Hang on to the House? - Spring10, p27
• The Housing Officer, Friend or Foe? - Autumn10, 26
• Incoherent Multi-Coloured Carpets.. - Autumn10, p28
• Lending You the Money to Buy a Home - Autumn10, p33
• Buying a Share in a Home of Your Own - Autumn10, p30
• What is the Future for Service Housing? - Winter07, p34
• From DE Ops Housing Information - HICs - Winter07, p35
• MODern Housing Solutions Update - Winter07, p36
• How Difficult can Allocating a Quarter Be? - Winter08, p28
• Improvements in Service Families Accommodation - Spring10, p25
• The On-line e-1132 SFA Application Form - Summer10, p30
• Tested your heating yet? Now is the time - Autumn10, p28
• Left Out in the Cold - Winter10, p33
• Stan Braithwaite Joins the Team as Housing Specialist - Spring11, p23
• DE is now DIO, What does that Mean? - Summer11, p33
• The Future Accommodation Project - Autumn11, p16
• It's Prime and It's Key - Autumn11, p30
• Infrastructure Funding is put on 'Pause' - Winter11, p30

Iraq

• When Everybody Else Goes Home - Autumn09, p8 
• Seasaidh Sinn Ar Tir - Autumn09, p10

Job Evaluation

• Jobs Worth - Summer09, p29

Last Tour of Duty

• 'I Thought I Was on a Last Tour of Duty' - Spring10, p22

Leaving the Service

• The Inevitability of Leaving the Service - Summer11, p37
• Defence Cuts may Boost Business - Summer11, p40
• A Handrail to Life in Civvy Street - Autumn11, p28
• Lifeworks - Winter11, p24

Lifestyle

• Why Bother About Your Image - Winter07, p16
• Paradise Lost - Winter10, p18
• What Tipped You Out of Bed This Morning? - Summer11, p32

Lyneham

• Childcare Was an Issue - Autumn08, p33
• Child's Play - Winter08, p18

Marham

• Government Advocates Visit Marham - Summer09, p17

Marriage

• Strengthen Your Marriage - Summer08, p33
• Will We Ever Understand Each Other? - Autumn08, p12
• The Experience that is Married Life - Autumn08, p13
• The Honeymoon Period - Winter10, p20
• Operation Bangers & Mash - Spring11, p10
• Pre-Nuptial Agreements, Just for the Rich and Famous? - Spring11, p33

Medals

• Not Just for Decoration - Winter10, p36.

MOD

• Federation Discussions at the Ministry - Summer09, p16 
• Official Insight - Summer09, page17
• The Service Families Task Force, - Autumn09, p29
• The MoD's Top Level Messages - Spring08, p34
• The MoD's Top Level Messages - Winter09, p33
• The MoD's Top Level Messages - Spring08, p34
• The MoD's Top Level Messages - Winter08, p33
• The MoD's Top Level Messages - Spring11, p43

Money

• Somewhere to Turn - Spring08, p33
• The Tax Man Taketh Away, The Tax Man Giveth - Summer08, p28
• How to Ride the Credit Crunch - Summer08, p29
• A New Baby, How to Cope Financially - Autumn08, p22
• Household Budgeting is Boring - Autumn08, p22
• Mortgage Trouble - Autumn08, p23
• Insurance Has Its Place - Spring09, p23
• Boarding School Allowance - Spring09, p28
• What Goes Around comes Around - Autumn09, p23
• Don't Miss Out on the Opportunity to Talk Money, Autumn09, p24
• Being in Debt is not a Crime - Summer10, p31
• Money Worries Over Divorce and Separation - Summer10, p36.
• Do You Have It Covered? - Autumn10, p36
• You Have Staying Power but what about Willpower? - Winter07, p37
• Do You Still Have a Hangover from Christmas - Spring08, p33
• "Assumption is the Mother of all Screw-Ups" - Winter10, p34
• Helping you Feel Better about your Finances - Summer11, p29
• A Lesson in Money - Winter11, p32

Naples

• Gritty, Crazy, Beautiful Naples - Autumn11, p38

Next of Kin

• The Joint Casualty & Compassionate Centre Explained - Winter09, p28

1 Group

• The Job of Air Officer Commanding No 1 Group - Spring09, p6

Operational

• Medical Outreach, Afghanistan - Winter07, p10
• Comfort Zone - Summer08, p10
• I Would Want to Know - Autumn08, p35
• From the Desert - Spring09, p12
• Who Cares? - Summer09, p32
• When Everybody Else Goes Home - Autumn09, p8
• Seasaidh Sinn Ar Tir - Autumn09, p10
• Decompression - Autumn08, p10
• Connecting with the Women of Afghanistan - Spring10, p9
• A View from Kabul - Summer10, p11
• Going to Afghanistan - Autumn10, p24
• From Helmand to Gosport in the Blink of an Eye - Winter09, p14
• Wi-Fi in the Field - Winter10, p39
• Mixed Emotions, MERT in action - Autumn11, p14
• Speaking Pashto - Winter11, p18
• The Department that is A1 OPS - Winter11, p35
• The Square Stocking - Winter11, p38

Padre's Peace

• To Everything there is a Season - Autumn09, p35
• Get Ready for Christmas - Winter10, p11
• A Time to Pause and Reflect - Winter11, p33

Pay

• X-Factor - Winter07, p6
• Jobs Worth - Summer09, p29
• Influencing Pay - Winter09, p27
• The FREEZE on Pay Continues - Winter11, p23

Pensions

• You'll be a Long Time in Retirement - Spring08, p32
• Your Say on Pay - Winter08, p15
• SPVA It's Not all About Veterans - Spring09, p35
• Change to Pension Sharing - Summer09, p4
• Pension Splitting on Divorce - Summer09, p28
• State Pension Changes made in April - Summer10, p32

People Campaign Plan (PCP)

• So what is this People Campaign Plan? - Spring09, p25
  

Planning Rounds (Armed Forces Funding)

• A Good Round for the RAF  - Autumn08, p24

Preferential Treatment

• What's that and Can I Have Some? - Winter09, p26
• Preferential Treatment (PT) -Winter11, p36

RAF

• RAF Transformation - Summer08, p30
• 'Smaller but Still Second to None' - Spring10, p28
• With Attitude! - Summer10, p40.
• RAF Presentation Team - Summer10, p42
• Briefing - Winter10, p29
• People, People, the RAF's Strategy - Autumn11, p32
• Reserves 2020 - Autumn11, p34
• The New Employment Model - Autumn11, p36
• Why We Are Where We Are... - Autumn11, p40
• Infrastructure Funding is put on 'Pause' - Winter11, p30

RAFA

• Miles More Minutes - Summer10, p45
  
• Storybook Wings. Could you be an Editor? - Summer11, p41

RAF Benevolent Fund

• Airplay Is in Full Swing! - Summer11, p42

Recruitment and Retention

• Recruit the Man (or Woman) Retain the Family - Summer08, p14
• Huge Challenges for the Recruiters - Autumn08, p25
• Stig's Cousins Assist in the Recruiting Campaign - Summer09, p31

Red Arrows

• Blues - It's Over to You! - Spring10, p10

Redundancy

• Phase 1 Announcement - Spring11, p7
• More on the Redundancy Programme - Spring11, p39
• Services and Redundancy Advice - Summer11, p34
• Defence Cuts may Boost Business - Summer11, p40
• A Handrail to Life in Civvy Street - Autumn11, p28
• Lifeworks - Winter11, p24

Relationships

• When Work Colleagues Cannot Get On - Spring09, p26
• Mr Right or Mr Wrong - Winter10, p24
• Letter to Nowhere - Summer11, p18

Repatriation

• Repatriation Ceremonies - Autumn08, p30

Reserves

• Vital Reserves - Summer09, p30 
• Seasaidh Sinn Ar Tir - Autumn09, p10
• Reserves 2020 - Autumn11, p34

RIAT

•  Such A Buzz - Spring11, p12

SDSR

• The Sword of Damocles Hangs - Winter10, p14
• Maintaining the Status Quo Post SDSR - Spring11, p14 

Separation (temporary)

• Storybook Wings - Summer09, p4
• Be Part of Something Special - Autumn09, p34
• The Long Good-byes - Summer09, p14
• Beyond Their Comprehension - Autumn09, p16
• It Takes Two - Winter09, p10

Service Complaints Commissioner

• Dr Susan Atkins, Service Complaints Commissioner - Autumn08, p28 

Service Families Task Force

• The Service Families Task Force - Autumn08, p31

Service Personnel Command Paper (SPCP)

• The SPCP What You Said - Summer08, p16
• The Nation's Commitment - Autumn08, p14
• A Moral Obligation - Winter09, p15
• Promises, Promises (Federation perspective) - Spring11, p25

Single Living Accommodation (SLA)

• The Modernisation of Single Living Accommodation - Summer08, p25
• The Future Accommodation Project - Autumn11, p16

Sport and AT

• RAF Sport Facilities - Can I Use Them? - Winter07, p17
• Drawing Parallels - Winter10, p12

Spitfires

• The Spitfires - Spring11, p46

Service Personnel and Veterans Agency (SPVA)

• Personnel & Allowances (SPVA) - Winter11, p21

Surveys

• Not Another Survey! - Spring08, p38
• The Family Surveys - Autumn09, p28
• The Future Accommodation Project - Autumn11, p16

Training

• A Day in the Life of Air Cmdr Barbra Cooper - Summer08, p6
• Step Up and Step Forward - Winter11, p26

2 Group

• The Job of Officer Commanding No 2 Gp - Autumn09, p6

Valley

• Girls! Girls! Girls! - Autumn10, p44.

Veterans

• It's not all about Veterans (Serv Pers & Vets Agency) - Spring09, p35

Voting

• Your Right, Your Responsibility - Winter09, p31

Wives

• Service Wives Suffer a Double Whammy - Winter09, p7

Workshops

• Not Quite 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire' - Summer09, p18
• Speak Up! Jenny Ward on last year's evidence - Spring11, p22

 

 

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