Batten Down the Hatches for Government Shutdown

Batten Down the Hatches for Government Shutdown

MilFams are great at budgeting, couponing and getting creative when there are few financial resources.  The Tuesday rush and Wednesday closures of domestic military commissaries has brought the shutdown to reality for many of these already money-conscious...
Financial Security & Independence

Financial Security & Independence

Members of the American Armed Forces community have a unique set of financial needs and military lifestyle concerns that those who have not served can never fully comprehend. How to plan for a comfortable retirement? How to finance education? How to mitigate the...

Grocery Shopping and Meal Planning

Grocery shopping and meal planning go hand in hand.  If you don’t have a buying strategy, you’ll end up buying things you don’t need and forget things you do need. Many people do better when they have a plan. lifewithgoldgirl shares her planning and...
The Face of Sequestration

The Face of Sequestration

By: Ernie Smith Associations Now With budget battles picking up in Congress this month, the National Military Family Association took to the Hill recently to push legislators to end sequestration. The effort gave members a chance to directly interact with...
Crowdfunding

Crowdfunding

By: Colleen Oakley (LearnVest) Forbes When Kelli Space graduated from Northeastern University in 2009 with $200,000 of student loan debt, she panicked. Given that she had an entry-level office manager job that didn’t pay much, Space knew that it was going to...

How to Budget

Lauren Lyons Cole, a certified financial planner, explains the value of teaching your teens how to budget and manage money. Did you know that 65% of teenagers learn money management from their parents? Money management, budgeting and savings are lessons that should be...

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