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Falkland Islands
Anyone been recently? What's the set-up like (accomodation, internet etc)? Thanks in advance!
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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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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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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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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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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?
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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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Hi need help finding somebody who was in the navy
Hi I visit an elderly lady and she would like to be in touch with a man who she once knew & he was a very deer friend off hers and they lost touch via a sad situation , it would make her christmas if she could contact him , she is 80 so iam doing the best i can for her but dont know where to start he was in the navy and…
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Claiming mileage
hi, my DH is looking to join the RAFP in Sept. If he gets in and passed all his training its looking like getting the cheapest place on base and travelling home for his days off. This is due to me having a full time job so I cant leave and if we rented theres no way we could get a rent to cover the mortgage (its a 0.99%…
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Claming tax back for internet purchases
Hi all I've been following the amazon thread about claiming your tax back on purchases (seems to be a slight problem with that at the moment I know) and I was wondering if any other online stores did the same thing and if so how and which stores. Is there a minimum purchase of £100 or anything. any feedback will be…
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Removal company
Just a quick note if your moving quaters, I have been in the army for 10 years and each move has had its problems but got to admit WHITES REMOVAL Company is the worst. I went for a full house pack earlier this year due to my being away it took 2 days. When we arrived at Colchester half our things where missing. What had…
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resettelment
after serving 17 years 256 days I was discharged from the services "Retention undesirable in the interest of the services" however I would like to know am I entitled to any resettlement after doing this long in the services
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Joining the armed forces with an IVA
Hi Everyone, This is my first post on here so i apologise if i have posted in the wrong place! Im just wondering if you can join the army if you have an IVA, i havent sent back my application form yet but i am seriously considering it, i have around 15000 of debt and im currently in a DMP paying £350 a month, if i take out…
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Married Quarters
My fiancee applied for Married Quarters 4 months ago and I rung today to be told she is 2nd on the list and may not meet our wedding day. If we dont have a property before our wedding day what options are availble to us? Thank You
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Some advice on writing to someone in the forces?
Firstly I apologise if this is the wrong place to post, it just seemed more appropriate than the other forums. So to cut a long story short - I've spent a couple of years not actually doing very much with my spare time, and recently starting to feel that well... I've been wasting my life a bit! So I came up with a list of…
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25% off Pizza
Its not listed in the Forces Discount Brochure but you can get about 25% off Domino's pizza on the production of your Mil ID card.
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National Service exemption
This is probably the wrong place to put this but I can't find any forum that is really suitable. Does anyone know how a person became exempt from doing their National Service when it was usually mandatory for young men. I think this was during the late 1950s but not really sure. I do know about conscientious objectors but…
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TV airel MQ
Does any one know if MHS look after the TV areril in MQ, ours has stopped working but we are on in a 3 storey buliding therefore I not sure if they will come to fix if it down to us to resovle.
