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This book provides a one-stop guide to navigating the many financial questions facing today’s military in all phases of service:
Active duty
Preparing for transition or retirement
Post-military lives and careers
It covers general financial planning as well as specific aspects of money management vital to military members and their families.
List of contents
Introduction
Chapter One
Conducting your financial audit
Creating a Budget
Did You Know?
Protecting Your Finances
Pay and general money management
Chapter Two
Bank accounts, Savings and Investments
Electronic Banking
Saving
Working with financial and investment consultants
Savings
Credit Cards
Credit Scores
Credit Counseling
Loans and Financial Aid
Loans
Financial Aid
Chapter Three
Taxes
Chapter Four
Insurance
Chapter Five
Home owning
Moving
Chapter Six
Getting Married and Having a family
Getting Married
Legal Considerations
Medical
Starting a family
Self and Family
Chapter Seven
Education - funding yourself and offspring
Chapter Eight
Planning for leaving the military
Overview
Transitioning Assistance
Transition From Military to VA
Developing Your Own Individual Transition Plan (ITP)
Chapter Nine
Life after the military (transition/retirement)
Employment
Transitioning for a Wounded Warrior into the VA
Transitioning for a non-wounded warrior
Transitioning for a non-wounded, retiring warrior
Resources
Finance and Investment Glossary
Appendix
About the author
Don Philpott has been writing and reporting on security, civil unrest, and terrorism for over 40 years. He was a senior correspondent with Reuters-Press Association, reporting on major events and trouble spots, including Northern Ireland, Lebanon, Israel, South Africa, and the Far East. He is the author of numerous books, including The Wounded Warrior Handbook and The Workplace Violence Prevention Handbook.
Summary
This book provides a one-stop guide to navigating the many financial questions facing today’s military in all phases of service: ·Active duty·Preparing for transition or retirement·Post-military lives and careers It covers general financial planning as well as specific aspects of money management vital to military members and their families.
