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UK military women: mental health, military service and occupational adjustment

Abstract: Background: Recently, the UK Armed Forces have revised the ground close combat role to include women. Aims: To assess the potential mental health impact of this …

A Needs Assessment of Veterans in Custody, their Families & Children

Abstract: This report is a needs of assessment of veterans in custody, their families and children. This research project was led by Barnardo’s NICCO and funded by Forces in …

Departures: Families Transition Guide

Abstract: This booklet provides information and advice to help you get started with planning your transition to civilian life. We have developed it as a result of the Tri-Service …

Department of Education UK Common Transfer File

Abstract: This document specifies the common transfer file, CTF 20, to be implemented in school systems from August 2020 and before 1 September 2020. This document will enable the …

Service Leavers' Guide

Abstract: The service leavers’ guide offers information and advice prior to and after leaving regular service. The guide contains information about armed forces pensions, …

Drinking motivations in UK serving and ex-serving military personnel

Abstract: Background:Drinking motivations within the UK military have not been studied despite the high prevalence of alcohol misuse in this group. Aims: We aimed to characterize …

RAF Dispersed Families: Summary Briefing Paper

Summary: This report summarises work completed through an RAF Families Federation project into the experiences of dispersed families within the RAF; defined for the purpose of the …

Poetic encounters with war’s ‘others’

Abstract: War art, like poems spoken by Pashtun women in Afghanistan, can tell our emotions things we did not know about war. For some time, this piece was titled ‘The other …

The RAF Family – Experiences from Around the World: Survey Highlights Report

Summary: The RAF Families Federation provides all RAF personnel and their families – Regular and Reserve, single or married – with timely and professional support, assistance …

Hierarchies of wounding: Media framings of ‘combat’ and ‘non-combat’ injury

Abstract: In this article, we examine the representational practices of British newspapers in relation to forms of military injury. Using critical discourse analysis, we studied …

The impact of trauma exposure and moral injury on UK military veterans: a qualitative study

Abstract: Background: Exposure to a potentially morally injurious event (PMIE) has been found to be associated with a range of adverse mental health outcomes. However, how the …

A decade of deployments: 2010 to 2020

This summary piece documents the deployments of the UK Armed Forces over the decade 2010-2020.