Once upon a time I was young and foolish and I ran up a lot of credit card debt. Nights out with the guys, car stereo, speakers, gas, food, you name it. The worst part is that I don’t have anything to show for it – not even the car stereo because I traded in [...]
So I was checking out a favorite mil blogger site about military money when I saw this article: Military Members Have it Too Good and Whine Too Much. All right, so before I even started reading it I’m getting hot. Who the hell is this guy, saying we have it too good? I mean the [...]
Veteran’s day is just around the corner, Nov 11th to be exact, and there are many discounts and deals to be had not only by active duty members of the armed services but also retirees. Here is a list of some of the things that I have come across either online or in my email [...]
A few months go I posted about the Marine Corps’ Selective Re-enlisment Bonus (SRB) for fiscal year 2010. I mentioned that Marines would be eligible for up $90,000 to re-enlist. Well it seems that the money is starting to run out. In fact MarAdmin 471-09 listed several MOS’s that would not have a bonus available after [...]
Starting July 1st 2009 first term Marines are authorized to submit their re-enlistment packages. With the economy in the drains and the Marine Corps reinstating boat spaces competition is sure to be fierce. To add wood to the fire the Marine Corps released MARADMIN 378/09 today that establishes the bonuses for FY10 Marines. The Marine [...]
On May 20th (Wednesday) Chik Fil A will be offering free meals to Active Duty and Retired Military and their families from 5 PM until 8 PM. Only thing is I have been unable to confirm if this is a nation wide event or only occuring in the Southern California area. All that I do [...]
I got a very intriguing email from my Family Readiness Officer today. Looks like there is something in this almost $800,000,000,000 (yes that is billion) stimulus for military homeowners. Instead of trying to relate all that is in the proposed bill I will just paste the message below: The Senate Proposes Military Homeowner Relief The [...]
I wrote last week that tax time is finally upon us and that getting a refund anticipation loan is a bad thing. Well it seems that I am not alone in my thinking. Patrick at Military Finance Network wrote an article on the problem with refund anticipation loans. The APR on these loans can reach [...]
There are many great theme parks in Southern California many of which have have great military discounts. Up until now the most famous theme park in Southern California, Disneyland, did not offer any military discount. This has changed in the past few days. Disney has just announced that it is giving active and retired military [...]
As most of you already know the military has been approved for a 3.9% raise effective January 1st. This raise is .5% than President Bush initially asked for and it is most welcome. Also effective on January 1st new BAH rates go into effect. BAH or Basic Allowance for Housing is a tax free allowance [...]
