Christmas Smiles is an initiative that we hope sprinkles some smiles within the military community and all the little troopers out there. We have various Panto ticket giveaways coming up and we hope you have a great time attending one of th...

First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Ben Key, shares a personal message to Royal Navy personnel as he reflects on all that’s been achieved in 2024 and recognises the valuable support of family, friends and loved ones. “It has been an extraordinari...

The last of the Royal Navy’s glorious Trafalgar-class attack submarines has arrived home in Plymouth for the final time before decommissioning. The seventh and last boat of the class, HMS Triumph, sailed into her homeport at Devonport Naval B...

Winter 2024 edition Read the latest edition of Homeport for Royal Navy and Royal Marines Families. As well as latest updates and useful information, key features include: The Naval Families Federation in numbers! The Royal Navy Family and ...

View the Christmas Edition of their newsletter using the link below: https://mailchi.mp/littletroopers/dec2024

Thank you to everyone who has helped Little Troopers to get our Christmas Smiles boxes to Military Families this Christmas. They now have just 100 left (out of 2,500)! and they really want to get these out to Little Troopers before Christmas. The la...

The Prince in Liverpool. This week’s news headlines come from Liverpool where flagship HMS Prince of Wales has just completed a major visit. Also got updates on the new HMS Sheffield, HMS Duncan’s return from the Eastern Med and some aut...

Nominations for the Celebrating Forces Families Awards 2025 close TOMORROW!If you have somebody in mind that you’d like to nominate, don’t leave it too late.This is your chance to highlight their achievements so that we can celebrate them...

The SSCE Cymru monthly school bulletin for December is available here in english and Welsh. This month’s bulletin includes: A message from the SSCE Cymru team December’s SSCE Cymru Seren of the Month Armed Forces Friendly Schoo...

Celebrating Forces Families Awards would like your nominations. ONLY 1 WEEK left to nominate somebody amazing for a Celebrating Forces Families Award! We have so many incredible people within the armed forces community who deserve recognition! This i...

Join Pinnacle's Team for their Virtual Outreach Day and connect with their representatives face to face via Microsoft Teams. 11th December 2024 - 0800 to 2000 (Book by the 6th of December) Colleagues from their Customer Solutions, Repairs, Home S...

The Armed Forces Offer recognises the unique demands of Service life, and the vital work our people do to keep us safe at home and strong abroad. Find out more about the range of benefits, opportunities, and support available to you: Discove...

You are more than a military spouse, a parent, a child. You are a human being and YOU matter. There is an immediate need to preserve children’s emotional wellbeing and build mental resilience. This course has been designed to support armed fo...

The BBC have been in touch because they are searching for Veterans/Armed Forces members and their families that may need their help. Anyone who is keen to apply, or even put a family or person they know forward simply needs to fill out an application...

The Armed Forces Continuous Attitudes Survey (AFCAS) 2025 has reached its midway point and has been open for 11 weeks. This means there’s still time to complete the survey.     This survey is a safe space for you to share your thoughts and...

View the latest information and updates from the Defence Infrastructure Organisation using the link below: https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/accommodation-and-facilities/accommodation/m/resources You can see back issues here as well.

Can you imagine a member of your family going away for months at a time, with no contact from them, and you only get to send them 120 words a week? This is what families who have loved ones serving on a Vanguard Class Submarine have to endure. ...

The Service Prosecuting Authority is the principal prosecuting authority within the Service Justice System and is responsible for the prosecution of all service offences before the Service Courts. Link: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/service-...

Flying the flag in Hamburg... This week’s news update comes from HMS Queen Elizabeth during her recent port visit to Hamburg, where the importance of a new major defence agreement between the UK and Germany was underscored. We’re als...

Find out what's coming up at your Club in our latest newsletter. Read here.

Little Troopers have 600 Christmas Smiles boxes to individually post to military children who have a parent deployed this Christmas. Open to families from all three services, our special boxes are packed with Little Troopers deployment resources to h...

Can't wait to complete your Christmas shopping? Or, you've been saving up to invest in something special? Don’t worry, Defence Discount Service have got you covered. With hundreds of discounts available across fashion, tech, beauty, ele...

In light of the recent decision by the new Government to implement VAT on school fee starting January 2025, we understand that this may create unexpected financial strain for some of our families. To assist those affected, we the Naval Children&rsqu...

During the period 25 Oct – 22 Nov 24, Service personnel based in selected Defence overseas locations will be entitled to receive free welfare Christmas gifts (max 2Kg small parcel) via BFPO. These locations are shown below: During this period,...

This week’s news update is focused on Remembrance Sunday, hosted by sailors who marched at the Cenotaph. Also got updates on a missile firing, a meeting of two mighty strike groups and landmark trials of autonomous tech. View this episode and ...