EMERGING ISSUES Emerging Issues
REVOLUTIONISING FLYING TRAINING
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n a move predicted to revolutionise
RAF flying training, 4 (Reserve) Sqn, based at RAF Valley, is gearing up for its first student course in Apr 12. The new training syllabus is considered to be a world-leader.
FORCES TRIBUTE TO QUEEN’S DIAMOND JUBILEE
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,500 Armed Forces personnel will parade through Windsor and muster at the Castle on
Sat 19 May 12. Gen Sir David Richards, said: “It is an opportunity to highlight the unique relationship the Queen has with the Armed Forces and the role she fills in our lives”.
OUR STORIES IN RAF NEWS
I may be forced to pay back £ thousands Dear RAF FF. I am a physiotherapist on maternity leave and may be forced to pay back my entire maternity allowance when my husband is posted.
Local Authority Housing List Dear RAF FF. I am leaving the RAF and would like to be allocated Local Authority Housing. The Local Authority have been provided with a ‘Certificate of Cessation’ but is giving no urgency to our case.
Isolated Overseas Dear RAF FF. I have accompanied my husband on an overseas posting but feel isolated and don’t think the RAF is supporting me and my family well enough.
6 Envoy Spring 2012
CONNECTING FORCES FAMILIES
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FBS has teamed up with The Sun and Audioboo to launch ‘Boost for the Troops’.
You can record and upload messages for family and friends wherever they are in the Forces world. The service is free.
TROLLOPE’S NEW BOOK 2
0 years after writing
‘The Rectors Wife’, Joanna Trollope has turned her attention to military wives. In her new book ‘A Soldier’s Wife’ Trollope asks: ‘Can a man trained to fight adjust again to family and domestic life?’
EVIDENCE TO HCDC
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he Chairman of the RAF FF, has
given evidence to the House of Commons Defence Committee. The Inquiry explored the value Service personnel and their families place on Service- provided accommodation; condition and maintenance; aspirations for homeownership and barriers to the housing market, and some fascinating discussion about the ‘21st Century Family’. She drew on evidence provided by RAF serving personnel and their family members.
MOD SAVINGS ALLOW PURCHASE OF EXTRA C-17
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he Prime Minister has said, “Because
the MoD’s finances are better run and managed, we will be able to purchase an additional C-17”.
CHANGES TO RESIDENTIAL SUPPORT SCHEME
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he scheme provides help with the accommodation costs of learners aged 16+, who need to
live away from home to study. The MoD has addressed an existing unfairness and those serving overseas are now eligible.
BREAKS FOR BEREAVED FAMILIES
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amilies’ Activity Breaks (FAB) is a non-public funded, tri Service initiative in partnership with the
YHA providing UK activity holidays. If your child is under 19 and has suffered the loss of a loved one serving in the Armed Forces, then this may be for you. The holidays offer an adventure, and a break, for all the family.
Further details on all these stories can be found on the Federation website at
www.raf-ff.org.uk. Click on the orange ‘News’ block or search the site using key words.
www.raf-ff.org.uk
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