Absolute Academy, our free financial education programme for serving members of the British Armed Forces, has been awarded the Clear & Simple mark by Fairer Finance. It's a milestone we're proud of, and this week…

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Most serving personnel know that AFPS15 provides a death-in-service lump sum. The death-in-service lump sum under AFPS15 is four times your final pensionable earnings, paid tax-free. That is a meaningful benefit — but it only…

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Serving military personnel are not eligible for personal income protection insurance from mainstream UK insurers. This is not a technicality or a loophole. It is a firm underwriting position applied across the market. Income protection…

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RAF Brize Norton, in Oxfordshire, is the largest RAF Station, with approximately 5,800 service personnel, 300 civilian staff, and 1,200 contractors. The station is home to the RAF's Air Mobility Force, encompassing strategic and tactical…

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Army Training Centre Pirbright is where your military career begins. ATC Pirbright is about 30 miles west of London, close to the towns of Aldershot and Guildford. For many recruits, Pirbright is their first time…

Understanding how your pay actually grows during a military career matters. It affects the financial decisions you make at every stage of service. This article explains the three distinct ways Forces pay increases, using current…

Joint Personnel Administration (JPA) is the intranet-based personnel administration system used by the British Armed Forces from April 2006 onwards, replacing the separate payment and administration teams from each of the three Services.

Theft in military accommodation is not a new problem, and it is not a rare one. It can happen in training establishments, in single living accommodation blocks, in transit billets, and during rear party periods…

Most serving personnel know their base salary. Far fewer have a clear picture of what actually lands in their bank account when they are on operations abroad. The answer is usually more than they expected,…

Kit disappears. It gets damaged in transit, stolen from accommodation, lost during an exercise move, or written off in theatre. When it happens, most personnel do one of two things: they either assume the MOD…