Yesterday, I expressed relief that subsidised accommodation would be retained under the New Employment Model (NEM), but pondered at what cost. Today, Chief of Defence Personnel, Lieutenant General Andrew Gregory, has replied:

I am sure that Servicemen are relieved to hear that the MoD will continue to provide subsidised accommodation to those with a need for it, but the killer question will be at what cost?

A member has asked us if we can feature this song by Mr Peter Knight of Coonabarabran, Australia. We understand that Peter's father was a wartime navigator with Bomber Command RAF, based at RAF Wickenby in Lincolnshire. The song has been around for a while and is sung in this version by Grant Luhrs.

Nobody likes to be told we can't do something. It's the same for the General Election.

The UK Parliamentary general election takes place on Thursday 7 May 2015.

This article contains information on registering to vote and voting for members of the armed forces and civilians.

In the second of five articles from the New Employment Model (NEM) team, Chief of Defence Personnel, Lieutenant General Andrew Gregory attempts to reassure us that the NEM proposals will not dramatically reduce the 'offer'.

The report of the Iraq Inquiry chaired by Sir John Chilcot contains a number of recommendations in connection with service personnel welfare. We don't see any surprises here, but would be glad to hear from any BAFF member who has views or questions about any part of the report.

There is understandable anger over the International Criminal Court's revelation that its staff will trawl the Chilcot Inquiry report for indications of any alleged crimes by British soldiers, but will not be interested in the political decision to go to war in Iraq. The long-awaited Inquiry report is being published on Wednesday, 6th July.

A recent Daily Mail story says "Army calls on foreign fighters to bolster our forces... Two hundred foreign fighters a year will be able to join Britain's Armed Forces in a desperate bid to make up for 'perilous' manpower shortages."

But as the "foreign fighters" label generally applies to the likes of Daesh, we think it's unacceptable - and frankly ignorant - to apply it to British armed forces recruits and, by extension, to those of Commonwealth nationality or origin who are already serving in many branches of our country's armed forces.

Following the Scottish Independence Referendum a number of video clips have been circulated which some believe to show vote-rigging during the official indyref count. People have been signing online petitions calling for investigation, for a recount, or even for the whole referendum to be re-run.

Following enquiries received and references to the claims on forces-related online forums, BAFF's Douglas Young examined the video clips, and reported as follows: