How Military Households Can Avoid Unexpected Costs When Filing Their First Civilian Taxes Here's what military service members can do to reduce the likelihood of unpleasant errors in their first year of filing taxes...
Ask Lacey: How Service Members Can Stick to a Financial Budget Military-life curveballs such as mobilizations, an unplanned permanent change of station or unexpected moving costs make...
How to Keep Your Finances in Check All Year Long By reviewing your finances throughout the year, you can catch problems early, adjust your plans and make sure you're always...
5 Ways Military Families Can Start to Get Ahead Financially Here are five actionable ideas derived from certified financial planner JJ Montanaro's take on the first Military Financial...
Ask Lacey: Does Paying Off Debt or Investing for the Future Take Priority? It’s usually better to eliminate your debt, or at least reduce it, before investing in long-term savings such as your IRA.
What to Do (and What Not to Do) with Your Pay Raise Here's what to do -- and what not to do -- to ensure your pay raise sets you up for financial success.
The Best Personal Finance Tools and Resources for Military Households These are some of the best resources of financial information and advice tailored to military service members.
What to Do with Your 2025 Military Pay Raise Being strategic with their pay raise can help service members stay out of predatory situations while staying out of debt for...
Investing for Junior Troops: A Guide to Making Your Money Multiply If you have a lot to learn about investing, be aware that some of the information out there is not so good. Where should you...
What to Look for on Your January Leave and Earnings Statement It's important to check your military Leave and Earnings Statement (LES) each month, but the January LES is more important...
Hegseth and Other Top Trump Officials Just Failed OPSEC Jeff The Atlantic editor-in-chief published a bombshell article detailing how members of the administration had accidentally...
Families at Utah Air Force Base Lose Day Care Center as Pentagon Slashes Personnel Spending Hill Air Force Base in Utah has closed one of its two day care centers, harming quality of life for some service members...
As Pentagon's Top Health Nominee Prepares for Confirmation Hearing, One Senator Has a Lot of Questions Keith Bass, a retired Navy commander who previously led the White House Medical Unit and the CIA's medical service office...
Banned Books, School Walkouts, Child Care Shortages: Military Families Confront Pentagon's Shifting Rules At a public school, the protest might have led to a detention and maybe some revoked after-school privileges. But on a...
Military Veterans Are Becoming the Face of Trump's Government Cuts and Democrats' Resistance As congressional lawmakers scramble to respond to President Donald Trump's slashing of the federal government, one group is...