The Lesotho Defence Force provides medical support service to ensure the safety of army personnel everywhere particularly in the war zone. However, under normal circumstances individual soldiers are capable of attending to minor injuries since they acquired first aid skills in their initial training at recruitment stage. The first aiders are, among others, capable of applying a tourniquet, maintenance of an airway to help a casualty breathe. The military hospital has further trained Medics and attaches them to the infantry battalions, during deployment, who carries additional medical equipment. The Medics, other than first help, prioritises patients for evacuation according to medical need. The military hospital has its focus to combating the prevalence of HIV/AIDs in collaboration with the Ministry of Health.

It has been conducting studies and providing education to create awareness to service members to reduce the high numbers of new HIV/AIDs infection. The initiative has proven a success due to decreasing numbers of AIDS related cases, following the 2017 study conducted in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, sponsored by the US.

Our army provides housing services to the members though to a limited degree against an ideal plan to provide for everyone. For some reasons the army has not been able to build more houses to answer for the growing number of the organizational members, both the service quarters for families and bachelors' residence. Due to limited space for families, those who stay within the barracks have to apply and the applications are admitted on merits. The bachelors are advised to seek accommodation to rent in convenient places The military barracks provide secure environment and has strict rules governing the members and their families. When house occupants, whether the service personnel or members of their family, fail to abide by the standing orders guiding the expected behaviour they may be subjected to harsh punishments or evacuating from the service quarters. The decisions are based on the facts after investigations to establish the cause of misconduct and thereby determining the severity of the punishment.

2019 saw the Lesotho Defence Force arranging with various companies to educate, advice and provide support to service personnel who are on the verge of joining civilian life.

Every member retires when his time comes to an end and therefore the army has decided to tune its members to appreciate and get prepared for that time. Currently the army is sensitizing those members who are left with less than three years.

However, in the long run the focus will be to educate every member upon joining the army. The LDF through the office of Human Resource and Administration approached a considerable number of companies and individual experts in various fields, with professional expertise to provide education to enlighten our members on how they should approach their retirement and deciding how best they can invest their monies.

The army learned that when people retire, they get confused for the fact that they are not prepared. This can be a challenging time and requires a period of adjustment to avoid triggering a number of emotions from happiness to anxiety and fear of unknown. Worth noting is the fact that it may not just be the Service leavers who may be affected; it may also impact upon family and friends. It is therefore important that while in service, our interaction with members of the community be cordially maintained.

The LDF provides free medical support service for families of service members, while extended family members have to pay limited fees. Extended family members' services are conditional hence why formal application with valid reasons have to be submitted to the office of LDF Medical Health Services for consideration. Free services are further extended to the members of the Ministry of Defence and other security sectors. However, the members of the community are offered services although in emergency situations before they are transferred to civilian medical services.

The organisation has a considerable number of Advocates who freely provide services to the soldiers during Court Martial case proceedings. The military Advocates further provide legal advice to the serving members in Civil Cases where members are tried in civilian courts.

The LDF has been providing support and leisure services to its members, albeit with a tight budget, aimed on the life's improvement for Soldiers and their families. The army provides free and discounted recreation to military personnel and their families Beyond salary, transport and meals, there are other valuable and free services offered to the family members of armed men. The services aim to help families in the absence of military partners when deployed at forward bases or abroad on various missions including courses.