Learn the basics of pay, savings, banking, and avoiding scams. It’s your foundation for future financial health. 💪
📌 Tip: Start a budget and open a savings account!

Create a realistic budget, understand BAH/BAS, and review your LES carefully.
📌 Tip: Ask about moving entitlements and allowances!

Avoid lifestyle inflation! Use extra income to pay down debt or build savings.
📌 Tip: Consider increasing your TSP contributions.

Marriage impacts taxes, housing, and insurance. Combine finances thoughtfully and update your DEERS info!
📌 Tip: Build a shared budget with your spouse.

Budget for medical bills, childcare, and supplies. Update SGLI, DEERS, and wills.
📌 Tip: Look into the Family Subsistence Supplemental Allowance (FSSA).

Revisit your budget, update beneficiary designations, and review legal agreements.
📌 Tip: Get free legal and financial counseling on base.

Plan ahead! Know your entitlements, make a spending plan, and save receipts.
📌 Tip: Use the PCS Budget Worksheet available at your M&FRC.

Set up allotments, review insurance, and give a trusted person financial POA.
📌 Tip: Save extra income from deployment entitlements!

Reevaluate your budget, pay off debt, and save any leftover deployment income.
📌 Tip: Don’t rush into big purchases!

Have an emergency fund, review insurance coverage, and know your medical entitlements.
📌 Tip: Reach out to a PFC for planning help and benefit navigation.

Create a civilian budget, understand separation entitlements, and attend TAP.
📌 Tip: Review VA disability, TSP options, and SBP decisions.

Seek grief support and help with survivor benefits. Update your records.
📌 Tip: Talk to a CAR/CACO and request a financial counseling referral.

Explore SGLI, VA disability, SSDI, and your base’s EFMP office.
📌 Tip: Build a plan for long-term financial care with a PFC.

Plan ahead for unemployment, update your resume, and tap into transition benefits.
📌 Tip: See a TAP counselor and financial advisor ASAP.