Military Life

The 6% Interest Rate Cap The most well-known SCRA protection: any debt you took on before entering active duty has its interest rate capped at...

Your Legal Domicile vs. Your Duty Station State Military members have two relevant concepts: legal domicile (your “home state,” which you choose and maintain for...

Understand Your Leverage (It’s Limited but Real) The military assignment system is not democratic, but it’s also not purely indifferent to preferences. Functional assignment managers...

Compensation: The Honest Math Active duty compensation looks higher on a basic pay comparison, but the full picture requires including the non-taxable allowances that significantly...

applied rules flying around. Hazardous Duty Incentive Pay (HDIP) HDIP covers a range of duty types: parachute duty, flight deck duty, demolitions, experimental stress duty,...

Military banking choices vary in real ways across the big three. I have had accounts at all three of the major military financial institutions and...

The Leave and Earnings Statement shows up every month and most service members give it about 10 seconds of attention. Below is what to look...

MyCAA: The Most Overlooked Benefit My Career Advancement Account provides up to $4,000 in tuition assistance for eligible military spouses — $2,000 per fiscal year...

Fort Liberty, formerly known as Fort Bragg, is one of the largest military installations in the world and home to Army Special Operations Command, the...

Receiving deployment orders triggers a mix of emotions for service members and their families. Whether youre heading to a combat zone, a peacekeeping mission, or...