Transitioning from your life in the military, especially after you’ve served almost half your life, is indeed quite difficult. Retirement means sufficient savings and in today’s difficult economy this requires plenty of planning done in advance. Speaking to an estate planning lawyer should be a big part of your retirement plan because you need to know where your life savings … [Read more...]
5 Investing Tips For Service Men and Women Returning from Deployment
August 26, 2015, by Rachelle Wilber - Saving is one of the hardest things you can do, but it becomes significantly harder when you've just arrived home from active duty. You might like many of the necessary pieces of current news required or the funds to make a safe financial investment. Below is a look at five investing tips designed to help men and women returning from … [Read more...]
Examining Lessons from Hurricane Katrina 10 Years Later
ARLINGTON, Va. - August 24, 2015 -- Hurricane Katrina, energized over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico in late August 2005, warranted an unprecedented response by the National Guard. Even as it dissipated upon landfall, the cyclone would transform into a natural disaster not seen in modern American history. The scope and ferocity of the storm, which moved in a … [Read more...]
Final Rule Puts More Teeth Into Military Lending Act
WASHINGTON, July 22, 2015 - The Defense Department today closed loopholes to protect U.S. men and women in uniform from predatory lending practices, President Barack Obama said this morning at the 116th Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The heightened level of financial and consumer-rights protection against unscrupulous practices, … [Read more...]
More Than 4,000 Army Families Receive Funding for College
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, June 17th, 2015) - $33,000. That is how much The Wall Street Journal reports the average 2014 college graduate owes in student debt. As the cost of secondary education continues to rise, the Army Emergency Relief program has awarded 4,285 Army children and spouses with more than $9.3 million in college scholarships. Since 1976, the Army … [Read more...]