My first book, Military In Transition's Guide to the Survivor Benefit Plan, is available on Amazon. Guide to the Survivor Benefit Plan Previously, I wrote about the Military Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP). That article’s primary purpose was to take the ambiguous information that resides on the DFAS website & ...
Tricare got me again. I've been retired for nearly 14 years, and I'm a relatively high-functioning veteran who was paid to supervise the operation and maintenance of naval nuclear reactors. I'm pretty good at working with teams and solving problems. But despite those skills, Tricare (and ...
In the Fall of 2010, my Navy career was finally blooming. My promotion was in the pipeline, I had received new orders, and had managed to save up a modest nest egg. I enjoyed my job and was excited for deployment. One day while running (not long after a successful PFT), I ...
Military Times is reporting the story that the Defense Finance and Accounting System didn't want to announce. DFAS has made military retirement (and divorce) more complicated than ever. If you've assigned your Survivor Benefit Plan to an ex-spouse (either voluntarily or through a court ...
Note: My Dad passed away on 18 November 2017 from end-stage Alzheimer's. This post is about my experiences with his insurance during the years 2011-2014. There are hundreds of posts on the pros and cons of long-term care insurance, but most of them approach the question from a financial perspective. Today we're ...
A reader asks about the post how much life insurance is necessary: I just thought of a follow-up question to this article because it really got me thinking about getting rid of our SGLI coverage. What kind of benefits will a spouse or family receive if an active duty member dies? I found this report about survivor ...
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