I totally agree with Don, as an army wife it makes a huge difference if families are looked after and happy and this reflects on their partners when they speak to them. There's nothing worse than a phone call full of complaints about what's wrong with the house and problems getting repairs done, and at the end of the day our soldiers rely on the support of their families to keep them going, without that i'm pretty sure moral would be low! Service families are not properly looked after not just with housing but the service community spirit has gone and there isn't the same closeness there used to be. I've grown up in service life as my Dad was in the RAF so i've seen both sides of it. The army are not looked after as well as the RAF and i think it's dispicable how poorly they are treated. We are supposed to be proud of our soldiers and what they stand for but this is not reflected in the support they are given. Nowadays it appears that the MOD would prefer our soldiers to be single and do not encourage the family life..... this idea however is flawed from the start, the majority still have parents, brothers and sisters, Grandma's and Grandpa's, things that can't be taken away. So discouraging marriage is naive to say the least. Is is not known that divorce within the service community is sky high..... does anyone question why that is? Does anyone ask the wives and children of service personnel what things they would like help with. Is there consideration for children's behaviour when parents go away? Not only are they missing out on a parent for half a year at a a time but the worry and stress of something happening to them. Where is the support then? They're expected to get on with it... these are children!
Caroline Taylor
Posted on 17 Oct 2007 1:19 pm
I totally agree with Don, as an army wife it makes a huge difference if families are looked after and happy and this reflects on their partners when they speak to them. There's nothing worse than a phone call full of complaints about what's wrong with the house and problems getting repairs done, and at the end of the day our soldiers rely on the support of their families to keep them going, without that i'm pretty sure moral would be low! Service families are not properly looked after not just with housing but the service community spirit has gone and there isn't the same closeness there used to be. I've grown up in service life as my Dad was in the RAF so i've seen both sides of it. The army are not looked after as well as the RAF and i think it's dispicable how poorly they are treated. We are supposed to be proud of our soldiers and what they stand for but this is not reflected in the support they are given. Nowadays it appears that the MOD would prefer our soldiers to be single and do not encourage the family life..... this idea however is flawed from the start, the majority still have parents, brothers and sisters, Grandma's and Grandpa's, things that can't be taken away. So discouraging marriage is naive to say the least. Is is not known that divorce within the service community is sky high..... does anyone question why that is? Does anyone ask the wives and children of service personnel what things they would like help with. Is there consideration for children's behaviour when parents go away? Not only are they missing out on a parent for half a year at a a time but the worry and stress of something happening to them. Where is the support then? They're expected to get on with it... these are children!