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Originally Posted by Escapee
I admit I have a very mixed view on this subject, whilst not putting down what they do in fighting for their country I believe the underlying problem is often caused by their own actions. I work with a lot of ex armed forces from all three services, the navy and airforce tend to differ to those serving in the army. The ex navy people who I work with certainly got their priorities right by buying a house when they were young not long after joining the navy and the airforce guys seem to be in a similar situation. The majority of ex squaddies I work with by their own admission bought flash cars and had a great time pi**ing what was left against the wall.
So am I right in assuming this is mainly affecting ex army persons and not the other forces as much?
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The army and it's dependents tend to live together in one area and when they move from base to base they go as a group plus dependents .
In the Navy individuals move from ship to ship and their dependents may move with them to the MOD housing nearest their ship's home dockyard.Most of us (navy wives) tend to get fed up with moving around because we don't move as a group as happens with the army(I'm an army brat by the way) where the wives all know and support each other so navy wives tend to be rather more inclined to stay in one place.
As a working professional I decided I wasn't going to mess around with my career by constantly moving every 18 months so we bought a house on the south coast.As my husband ended up working on minesweepers he ended up mainly in Scotland while I stayed on the south coast.
Therefore those in the army tend as they are moving fairly often not to bother buying a house because it becomes tedious to be putting a house on the market so often especially as in the past they might find them selves living in Germany,Malta etc.As the British Empire dwindles though it maybe they would consider buying rather than renting MOD accommodation i.f it weren't so damned expensive to be a first time buyer