If you’ve ever sat through a pre-deployment legal brief, you’ve heard the mandate:  Make sure your spouse (or whomever is handling your financial affairs) has a power of attorney.  Sounds simple enough, but there is so much more to it. Keep ‘Em Current If you are in the military, you should always have a current [...]

Every pay period, I get tons of comments and emails from people who are concerned because their pay hasn’t been deposited.  There is a logical progression of steps to take if you haven’t received your pay as expected. Make sure you know what day is payday.  This is often confusing for people.  Check out my [...]

I’m delighted that I caused some drama with Don’t Save Your GI Bill For Your Kids…that means that people are thinking.  The Post 9/11 GI Bill is a hugely generous benefit and there are all sorts of little details that affect eligibility, benefit amount, transferability, and other issues.  Thinking and learning is necessary to make [...]

Don’t forget, the last day to apply for the Joanne Holbrook Patton Military Spouse Scholarship is tomorrow, 31 January 2012.  This program is administered by the National Military Family Association and the application link can be found at their scholarship website. The Patton Scholarship is available to spouses of active duty, reserve, National Guard, retirees, [...]

We’re working our way through this long pay period, and people are really wondering when they will get paid.  The next military payday is Wednesday, 1 February 2012.  Most people will see their military pay direct deposit show up sometime on that day. Some banks, including USAA and PMCU offer one day early direct deposit [...]