How hard is it to keep up with access to children who don't permanently live with you?

Hi Jake, Thanks for your question.

I am in a similar situation to yourself. My son doesn't live with me at the moment but the army is very flexible with trying to help its employees to have access to and to see all members of their family.

The army isn't a 24 hour job, and most of the time, when you aren't on training exercises or deployments, you will have weekends off, where you're free to do what you please including going to visit family.

I still manage to see my son regularly and maintain a healthy relationship with him. So i'm sure you would not have any issues in doing so either. The army also provides families accommodation too which would be a perfect place to have your children to stay when you are able to see them.

Hope this answers your question.

Hi, just as Ash said above, the army isn't 24/7 and you could apply for a service families house (SFA) and your children that don't live with you all the time can stay with you at your house for holidays, wknds etc. There are lots of either single parents in the army or people who don't have their kids all the time but are still able to see them and have a good relationship with them.