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Extra money for State schools with service children attending
http://www.army.mod.uk/news/22983.aspx Registration has to be done by today - inform your school if your child attends and are from a service family. Your Head teachers may not be aware your child is from a Service family if they are not around bases. TODAY is the last day
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Insurance in germany???
Hi Due to move to Germany soon and wondered what people advise on car insurance and travel insurance. Do you go through the NAFFI, German insurers or are there companies in the uk that cover it too.. Thank you :j
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Loosing LOA when going to uk on holiday
Whats the critiria about if you go back to UK for a number of weeks and your LOA, i thought it was anything over 2 weeks but someone said its if your gone more than a month. can anyone clarify
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Heard so much from "Rumour Control" not sure what to believe
DH has done almost half his RAF career (he is signed to do 22years due to trade) and was due a posting this year. Poster has come back saying there is nothing for him and has extended him for a year and then will have a look at see if anything has come available -- - but if nothing does then what? I was informed today that…
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Pension and Pay Off Advice Pls?
Hi All, My husband and I are looking for some much needed advice. My husband has now done 15 years in the army and thinks he's now had enough. He hasn't taken any steps towards signing off yet and before he does we just wanted to see if we could get any info in regards to his pay off and pension entitlements. He is at the…
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Claim what you are owed.
As HR Admin (Clerk), i have noticed that a lot of soldiers, do not try or do not know how to claim what they are owed. Incidental Allowance, £5 UK and £10 Overseas per 24 hrs for when on course. Even if the course was a few months back then still bang the claim in, as long as you can prove you went on course. LSA, when you…
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Changes to Forces Pensions
Recent information on changes to forces pensions have produced a variety of questions from families. AFF asked for a response from the branch of the army responsible for Pay and Allowances (PS10). The greatest change will be the change from linking the value of the pension from the RPI (retail price index) to the CPI…
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Son can't get a bank loan for love nor money
My lad is in the army. 2 years ago he managed to get a bank loan for £3000 for a car from his bank, RBS. Anyway, he has paid it off no trouble but unfortunalty wrote his car off over Christmas in the bad weather. He went to his bank to get another loan to buy another car, this time however 'The computer said no' the bank…
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Another Married Qtr Thread
I have an 18 month old baby and currently residing in a quarter in the south. We have been offered a quarter at our new base up north, although its not at the date we need it for. We still don't have a date for move in as there are currently people living in the house, which I know isn't unusual. The people move out on the…
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6 month breakdown cover
My daughter is in the army, and in 6 months wil lbe posted to afganistan, so needs b/down cover till she goes,what are the cheapest polices please
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Advice about ex-quarters housing at RAF Wittering please?
Hi All I'm interested in the ex-married quarters for sale at RAF Wittering, I know many were sold off in 2000 ( as I used to live in one as hubbie was RAF ). Now they are quite affordable at around £80-100k. I really liked the area as it was close to A1 and Stamford is lovely, but I'm worried if the area has gone downhill…
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List of recipients for the Abyssinian War Medal?
I have a friend who researches and collects medals. He has a book with a list of Abyssinian War Medal. Unfortunately, he's just lost three years of research when his computer died (yes, he's just had a crash course in the desirability of backing up). Basically, does anyone know of an online list of the recipients of this…
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Married Quater Advice required urgent :)
hi there, recently i got married, about 1 month before the wedding i put in for a married quater , i put in the app as soon as we decided to move our wedding foreward so our family could be together. we put down our required move in date on the application, after the 15 working day period i phoned up DE housing and was…
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Council Tax whilst in temporary accommodation
Hi, I'm a member of the RAF who has just been on a 2 week course on another military base. I normally 'live out' at my own unit in my own mortgaged property and as such pay the normal bills. Upon returning from the course the other day I found that I have been charged with accommodation charges and CILOCT (which is…
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Long service advance of pay and HSBC
Does anyone have experience of using Long service advance of pay with HSBC, we were due to complete and exchange on Monday but now they have started asking loads of questions to our solictor, she is dealing with them. I was wondering if they has done this with others?
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Armed forces penpals
Hiya, I hope I can post this here? Couldn't find anywhere else on the forum. Basically, I would like to have a penpal in the forces, to write to and send packages of essentials and things to pass the time for them. I have joined britishpenpals but have heard back from only one soldier, who wasn't the original one I wrote…
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Just married tax rebate?
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Support Our Soldiers Charity website and chatroom to be manned over Christmas
Hi All Just a quick note to let you know that the Support our Soldiers website chat room (registered charity number 1120684), will be open and manned by the S.O.S volunteers over Christmas and New Year. As we all know, this time of year is especially emotional and hard for families of those away, and so the chatroom will…
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Sc level clearance
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Moving and school allocations
I hope someone can help. My husband has had a short notice draft which means we will be moving to a new area in a few months. The problem is my youngest is in Year 6 at primary school and should be moving onto secondary school next September. We have done the application procedure for where we are now but of course due to…