armed forces get ripped off, underpaid, treated like worthless dirt
Untrue.
work away from your wives husbands and children for 6 or more months at a time
Regrettably true
to top it all off you will have no where to live after giving them 8 years of your life to the serivce , all we ask for is accomadation for the families for the hole term off the serivce being done so we can live as a family.
Entirely reasonable to ask for a proper FMQ policy to be clearly defined for a full term of service.
.. and the changes are unlikely to happen according to the latest MOD bulletin issued on DII last week, who were quick to quash the rumours.
I await clarification.