OK, so who is going to do the real dirty work now. In 38 years, I moved my family 18 times, and spent many months away from home. My wife acted as the social comfort for wives of all ranks and we never had a permanent residence of our own. Its very possible that we were financially stupid, but that is how we were brought up in the military at that time. I have few regrets, I had a great time and a very enjoyable operational flying career. However, I really worry for the future of our Forces The military ethos has pretty much gone, it is now an enjoyable, but temporary job. Also ruined by the lawyers, politicians et al. What goes around comes around, will we wake up before it is too late?