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Check your insurance cover - you might not be covered
As a serving member I had accident and death insurance with Pax+ insurance - specific policies for the armed forces - anywhere in the world 24/7. When I got de-mobbed, I continued the policy but the name was changed to x-pax. After 20 years of custom - this company slipped a clause into their terms and conditions that…
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Living apart-financial assistance for travelling? Right of appeal on postings?
Very new to the Army life as my husband (of only 6months) has only just become an officer. He is abroad at the moment on exercise. The day before he left we found out his first posting will be over 200miles away from London, where I live and work. For financial reasons it is not possible for me to leave my job and join…
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Son just starting process to go to AFC Harrogate in sept !!
Hi everyone My son has just applied to go to AFC Harrogate, just wondered if anyone has any experience of the whole process and what happens now ? He is 16 and leaves school this summer , most of his life he has wanted to join the Army .I thought when he was little he would grow out of it ... but here we are all these…
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Armed Forces Home Ownship Scheme
A new scheme to assist serving personnel onto the housing market. Read on ... https://www.afhos.co.uk/index.asp Regards, John Boy
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Married quarters? Please help am new to this!
Hi thanks for reading My fiancee and I are getting married in September this year. He is currently on tour :( We live in a privately rented 3 bed (lovely!!) house. However, we have been thinking about whether to move into married quarters but we know nothing about it. Im more concerned about leaving the area and family,…
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permission needed ?
Hi,pull up a sandbag. Recently married, wife 5 months pregnant and getting posted to Cyprus at the end of the year. The wife has a 2 year old daughter from her ex. Now he was fine with us taking her to cyprus with us, for about 18 months approx, as long as he got to see her whenever possible. Happy days. Unfortunatley he's…
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Leaving the Army advice needed
Hi, my husband is in the Army and has served just over 12 years. He has recently been promoted and has a new job which he does not enjoy one bit. He had been thinking of leaving the army for about the last year or so but wanted to wait until he had served at least 12 years so he secured getting his half pension. Obviously…
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Entitlement for pregnancy/moving to Germany
Hi All, Please can anyone shed some light, I am posting this for a friend. She is married and will be moving out to Germany in February to join her husband who is currently serving in the army. My friend is pregnant, 9 weeks at the moment with a due date of 4 Sept 2010, she is taking voluntary redundancy from our employer…
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Credit health in the armed forces.
Ok I'm not sure if this has been addressed but a quick google leads me to believe it hasn't. I live on a Naval base and have recently applied for a a new mobile phone contract which has obviously triggered all the usual credit checks etc, so after sending proof of my address (bank statement) and a scan of my passport I was…
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Son has decided he wants to join up
My son is almost 16, he is doing his GCSE's in may and then was going to go to college. Just recently (the last couple of months) he has shown an interest in Joining the army as an army careers officer went to his school to do a talk. He has applied for the college place to keep his options open, and is going to the army…
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ID Card
My wife is in the army and was wondering how I go about getting a ID card to allow me into the barracks. Is this possible?
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Lssa
Hi, my hubby is currently on a course. It's a three week course but he's only actually in the classroom monday to friday. It's only about 2 hours away from home so he is planning to come home at the weekends. We're unsure whether he will get LSSA for this course as he's still coming home at the weekends although…
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Any Info on Maastricht?
We finally got our posting order and we're off to Masstricht in the Netherlands. I've searched the army site and google for any information on the facilities and schools etc but can't find anything. I normally have a nosey at the community service guides or on the Hive site but it's not on there :-( Anyone know anything…
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who to approach for disabled parking on camp
I know its nothing to do with money but our garrison has no disabled parking, nothing outside med ctre, naafi, families building. Its terrible sometimes you have to park 200 metres away from the building and in the winter we're having its even worse, they havent even kept the steps clear so i have cancelled my doctors appt…
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Using LSAP as a house deposit
My partner and I are expecting a baby at the end of March, and have decided that we would like to buy a house together, rather than renting (we currently live apart, 170 miles from each other). I am a degree student (final year) and my partner is an avionics engineer in the RAF, with nearly 7 years service. We have seen a…
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Housing
We are on the move and I have just had an offer on a type 5 grade 3 house:confused: I am taking by the grade 3 the house is not great, but then I should save on that right? How much or can anyone lead me in the right way will it be a month please?? Hubby away at the moment so can;t get hold of him:rolleyes:
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Overpaid
I left the army after 7 years and my final pay was ment to be jul 2008 but there did not stop paying me until jan 2009 also jpa paid me for my resetalment twice and after 7 months they send me letters asking for it back almost 7k in toltal i dont have that money i phoned and told them when i 1st knew of this even a AGC WO…
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overpaid
I had left the army after 7 years service i left in may 2008 and they didnt stop paying me until jan 2009 toltaling £6713 after 7 more months i recived a letter stating this and i had to pay the overpaid amount back. Do I have to pay this back to them?
