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January 2021
December 2020
- Reader story: "How I Bumbled Into Financial Independence"
- 2021 VA Disability Compensation Rates - Updated Veterans Compensation Benefits Rate Tables
November 2020
- Financial Caregiving: Are You Ready?
- 2020 Veterans Day Free Meals & Discounts
- Contribution Limits of the Thrift Savings Plan + 401(k) + IRA = ?!?
September 2020
- “I Would Have Started My Reserve Pension By Now!”
- Lessons Learned (So Far) From a Money-Savvy Book Launch
August 2020
May 2020
April 2020
- From The Mail Buoy: Hawaii Investment Rental Properties
- USAA, Victory Capital, And Schwab: Now What?!?
- Fear And Despair In The Time Of Bear Markets
March 2020
February 2020
January 2020
- Yet Another Decade In Review Post
- Raising Your Money-Savvy Family For Next Generation Financial Independence
December 2019
November 2019
- How Chase Supports Military Entrepreneurs – Chase for Business Military Banking Benefits
- Introduction To Navigating The Convoluted System Called VA Compensation
October 2019
September 2019
August 2019
- Reader Interview: Planning For The Military Transition
- VA Loan Certificate of Eligibility - Why You Need it and How to Get One
- VA Loan Property Types - Which Type of Home Can You Buy with a VA Loan
- From The Mail Buoy: Staying For 20 And Hacking The High Cost Of Living in Hawaii
- DD Form 214 - Why It's Important, And How to Get a Copy of Your DD 214
- “I Inherited Money And Now I Can’t Blog About Financial Independence Anymore”
July 2019
- VA Loan Limits by County - How Much House Can You Buy with a VA Loan?
- VA Loan Eligibility and Service Requirements
- USAA Eliminates PCS And Deployment Discretionary Benefits
- 2019 Military Pay Charts - Officer and Enlisted Members Receive a 2.6% Raise
- Military Discounts on Cell Phone Plans - Wireless Plans And Deals For Military Members & Veterans
June 2019
May 2019
- The Best Books I’ve Read This Year (So Far)
- Will Your Retirement Plan Handle Long-Term Care Needs? How Your Genome Impacts Disability, Caregiving, And Estate Planning
April 2019
- 3 Easy Steps To Financial Freedom From A Dual Military Family Of Five
- VA Loan Guide - What You Need to Know About Buying a Home with a VA Loan
March 2019
- "How the FINRA Foundation Military Spouse AFC® Fellowship (and Fate) Found Me"
- Our Retirement - The Spending Smile Of Financial Independence
January 2019
- Military Burial Benefits - How to Apply for Military Funeral Honors
- Good News! How Our Nords Family Financial Independence Life Will Change In 2019
December 2018
November 2018
- Dept Of Defense Update On The Military Blended Retirement System
- "11 Years Of Service: How I Chose Legacy High Three Over The Blended Retirement System"
- Your Military Blended Retirement System: It’s Not About The Money.
October 2018
- Attack Pilot To College Sophomore To Fintech Entrepreneur
- USAA’s Digital MilEx: Hurricane Readiness and Augmented Reality Vehicle Shopping
September 2018
August 2018
- Maximizing Your Thrift Savings Plan Contributions In A Combat Zone
- CampFI And Camp Mustache Are Worth Your Time (And Money)
July 2018
May 2018
April 2018
March 2018
- Our Story: How to Avoid the Pitfalls of Financial Ruin and live Happily Ever After!
- Go Ahead, Buy a home when you leave Active Duty*
February 2018
- Don’t Buy A Home When You Leave Active Duty
- Don't Gut It Out To 20: Leave Active Duty For The Reserves Or National Guard
January 2018
- A GI Bill Is A Terrible Thing To Waste
- How to Maximize the BRS If You Decide to Opt-In
- 2018 Military Pay Charts - Officer and Enlisted Members Receive a 2.4% Raise
- Thrift Savings Plan Contributions In A Combat Zone With The Blended Retirement System
December 2017
November 2017
- In Memoriam: My Father
- Tricky Details Of The Military Blended Retirement System
- Military To Veteran To FinTech Startup
- Military Influencer Conference 2018 - A Gathering of Like-Minded Veteran Entrepreneurs
September 2017
- USAA Answers Your Insurance And Financial Questions
- What Questions Should I Ask USAA At Digital MilEx?
August 2017
June 2017
- Camp Mustache 4 Encore (And A Free Book!)
- The Military Blended Retirement System: "Dude, Where's My Calculator?"
May 2017
- Your Auto Insurance Premiums Are Rising, But It's Not Just You
- How To Turn Your Next PCS Into A 20% Raise
March 2017
- Free Mentoring And Networking For Military Entrepreneurs
- USAA's Military Retirement Comparison Tool And The Blended Retirement System
- How Much Is Your Military Pay Really Worth?
February 2017
- America Saves week is coming!
- Lower Life Insurance Premiums From USAA
- Marine to Veteran to Entrepreneur.
January 2017
- Military Blended Retirement System Spreadsheet
- 3 Steps to Retire Early on a Military Salary
- Let's Go Streaking - But Please No Nudity
December 2016
November 2016
- USAA Provides Answers To The Most Important Member Questions
- 5 Ways For Families To Save Money While Christmas Shopping
- How Much Is A Military Retirement Worth? Over One Million Dollars - How to Calculate the Present Value of a Military Retirement Pension
- Are You A Service Member In Debt With Bad Credit? A Legitimate Way to Repair Your Credit Score
October 2016
- “What Happens At USAA’s DigitalMilEx”... We'll Tell You About It.
- How to Smartly Use the USAA Career Starter Loan
- 9 Things To Consider Before You Choose The Military’s New Blended Retirement System?
September 2016
- USAA's Digital Shift Is Saving Millions Of Dollars
- 5 Reasons Why Military Retirees Keep Working
- 2017 Military Pay Chart - 1.6% Pay Raise
- The New DA Pam 623-3
August 2016
- A Retired Sailor, Recommends 50 of the Best Personal Finance Books Ever Written
- How To Calculate A Reserve Retirement
- Can I Earn A Military Pension And A Civil-Service Pension
- Using Reserve & Guard Retirement Calculators To Estimate Your Military Pension
- College 529 Plans - Saving for College
July 2016
- Title 10 Military Sanctuary & Retirement During A Reserve Career
- Will The Military Pay Off Your Student Loans
- 5 Factors You Should Consider When Evaluating the Survivor Benefit Plan
- Do You Really Need Retired Military Dental Insurance
- What You Need To Know About National Guard Retirement
June 2016
- Four Ways Physical Fitness Impacts Financial Fitness
- What Happens After Your VA Disability Claim Has Been Approved
- Using USAA's Financial Readiness Score
- Reduce the cost of insuring your teen driver with USAA
- How Do I Plan Our Finances For The Rest Of Our Lives?
May 2016
- Memorial Day - Free Burgers, Pizza And More For Military
- Beware Of Huge Flaws In The Military Blended Retirement System
- What's The Next Step To Financial Independence?
- Should I Use A Financial Advisor Or The Thrift Savings Plan?
- Buying a Home During Your Military Transition - What If It Becomes a Rental Property?
- 2016 Master Sergeant Promotion List
- Almost Free Money: NFCU Offering $710 In Bonuses For Military Appreciation Month
- Military Retirement Journal - 1 Year from Retirement and Counting...
April 2016
- How To Get A USAA Cashier's Check
- Alzheimer's Care Financial Update
- What The VA Really Does With Your Disability Claim
- What Happens When (Not Just How) You File Your VA Disability Claim
- How A Simple Survey Helps Service Members Prepare To Transition
- Why You File Your Veterans Disability Claim (Not Just How)
March 2016
- Should I Stop Drilling And Go To The Individual Ready Reserve?
- It's Official Infantry, Armor Opens To Women: Effective 1 April
- 13 Credit Card Companies That Provide CASH Refunds to Service Members Under The SCRA
- Book Review: "Smarter Faster Better" by Charles Duhigg
- How NOT to do it: Applying for VA disability years after military separation
- Why You Should Strongly Consider Not Participating in the Survivor Benefit Plan
- How To Find Portable Careers For Military Spouse's
- Why Estate Planning Matters to You in the Military (Even if You Think it Doesn't)
- Retirement Lifestyles: "Can I Get Back Into The Military?"
- Comparing E7 Retirement Pay: Active-Duty Versus Reserve
February 2016
- Military Healthcare Pro Tips For Tricare Errors
- Military Saves Week and MilCents: Start Saving And Investing Now
- Three Rules of Thumb for Buying a House (in the Military)
- "Should I Invest In The Thrift Savings Plan Or In Taxable Accounts?"
- "Can I Transfer My Roth IRA To My Roth TSP?"
January 2016
- One Last Post Before The Pro Bowl Presented By USAA
- The Pro Bowl Presented By USAA
- I'm Goin' To The Pro Bowl With USAA!
- Military Retirement Journal - Pre-Separation Counseling Checklist
- Sanctuary In The Reserves: Only On Active Duty
- Reserve Retirement: Time In Rank And High-Three Pay
- How Many Years Does It Take To Become Financially Independent?
December 2015
- 4 Lessons I Learned Filing For Disability Benefits
- Travel While You Can
- Fisher House Foundation - Helping Our Military Families
- Book Review: "Work Rules!" By Googler Laszlo Bock
November 2015
October 2015
- REVEALED: Our Asset Allocation During Financial Independence
- Surviving An Involuntary Separation
- Getting Older In Early Retirement
- Do You Need A Digit Account?
September 2015
August 2015
July 2015
- Surprising Secrets Of Slow Travel
- Ask The Readers: Transferring GI Bill Benefits in the Individual Ready Reserve?
- Finding Your Military Work-Life Balance
- Retiring From The Individual Ready Reserve Or National Guard
June 2015
- Top 10 Reasons Military Spouses Benefit From Facebook Groups
- The 2016 Military Pay Chart
- 12B Combat Engineer Officially Opens To Women
- Should You Choose Medical Separation Or Retirement From The Reserves
- Can Choosing REDUX Guarantee A Military Retirement?
- How To Build Your Credit Score After Joining The Military
May 2015
- How to Become a Spy Without Leaving the Corporate World
- Making The Transition: Federal Civil Service
- Why All Nurses Should Consider the Military First
- How Do You Survive A Stock Market Crash?
- Being Smart About Investing In Education
- 7 High-Earning Jobs Perfect for Post-Military Vets
- "The Military Guide" Sales Update (The GSA Schedule Rocks!)
- How to Avoid Dipping Into Retirement Funds Post-Military
- Education And The Disabled Veteran
April 2015
- Stay For 30 Or Retire At 27?
- Survivor Benefit Plan Wants Permission To Do The Right Thing
- "Should I Invest In Real Estate? Or Buy Stocks?"
- Military Retirement With Reserve Enlisted And Officer Service
- Tips For Investors Just Starting Out
March 2015
- Fast Personal Growth Through Slow Travel
- TSP Tax-exempt Rollovers and Withdrawals
- Lifestyles In Retirement: 90 Days In Spain
February 2015
January 2015
- Book Review: #MoneyChat THE BOOK
- My Financial Independence: 2014 Review and 2015 Plans
- Survey Results For "The Millennial Next Door"
- Army Officers Will Keep Their Officer Pensions
- Don't Buy a Home on Active Duty
December 2014
November 2014
- More Answers from USAA Social Exchange 2014
- How To Get Military Discounts On Flights
- Book Review: Gold Diggers And Deadbeat Dads
October 2014
- Military Discounts Are Not Entitlements
- One More Year Syndrome
- Reduce Your Driving Risks After Deployment
September 2014
- "Do I Really Need Servicemembers Group Life Insurance?"
- Survey Results For "The Retiree Next Door"
- How to Start Your Blog -- Or Outsource It!
- Eight Reasons Not To Worry About Military Retirement
August 2014
- Hiring Our Heroes: Teaching Employers To Hire Military Veterans And Spouses
- Is Tricare Standard good enough?
- LEAKED: Statistics From The Army Officer Separation Board
July 2014
- "Do I Need An Annuity?"
- Ask The Readers: What Law Allows An Officer To Be Retired On Enlisted Pay?
- Funding The Gap: "I Need Money From My TSP!"
- TERA Early Military Retirement Or A Reserve Retirement?
- Blogging Lessons Learned From Interviews (Plus A Great Benefit)
June 2014
- How Much Life Insurance Do You Need?
- The 2015 Military Pay Chart
- USAA Auto Circle: An Online Service To Help Buy Or Sell A Car
- Coming Soon: New USAA Brokerage Services
- Reader Update: From The Military To Bridge Career To Retirement
May 2014
- The Pitfalls of Your Parents' Finances
- Do Military Members Need An Emergency Fund?
- Start a Roth IRA For Your Kid
- How To Get Kicked Out Of Tricare
- Lifestyles in Retirement: Hawaii Vacation
April 2014
- Book Review: "When She Makes More"
- An Alternative Option for Vacationing and Retirement Lifestyle
- No More Military Retirement or Tricare Prime?!?
- Mixed Plate: Military Sanctuary, Disability, And Civilian Pensions
- Tricare or MTF: Will The Army Pay For Tattoo Removal?
- The Frugal Effect
March 2014
- It's Official: The 2014 Version Of AR 670-1 Goes Into Effect
- Military Retirement With Enlisted And Officer Service
- ALARACT 082/2014 - Effective Dates To Coincide With Release Of Updated AR 670-1
- USAREC CG Proposes Radical Changes To Army Recruiting
- New AR 670-1: Army Grooming & Appearance Regulation Leaked Online
- Early Withdrawals From Your TSP and IRA After The Military
- Career Assistance Program - AAFMAA Offers $4000 Loan
- Can I Count On A Military Pension?
February 2014
- Financial Independence and The Cost of Raising a Family
- How Should I Invest During Retirement?
- How Do You Justify Your Spending?
- Medical Tourism at Bangkok's Bumrungrad Hospital
- Insuring A Soldier: Life Insurance For Military Members
January 2014
- Lifestyles In Retirement: Bangkok
- I'm A Boring Investment Competitor
- Book review: paperback version of "The Power of Habit"
- Handling Your Cashflow After the Military
- How I Cost My Dad Over $2000 in Medicare Benefits
- Guest Post: "2013 Review and 2014 Plans"
December 2013
- Insurance for a young adult
- Congress Cuts Military Pensions
- Hanging on for the military pension
- How Do I File a Military Medical Malpractice Suit?
- RV Life, A Few Things To Consider
November 2013
- Veterans ID Cards Can Be Scanned With QR Code Reader
- Fixing The Fixed Indexed Annuity
- "Are You Sure You're Ready To Leave The Military?"
- Save Just One Percent More
- Seven Benefits of the VA Home Loan
- How Do Veterans File a PTSD Claim?
- Just Announced: Special Duty Assignment Pay Changes January 2014
- Book review: "Lean Body, Fat Wallet"
- Updated: Sweeping Changes To The Army's Tuition Assistance Program Beginning January 2014
- 'Legal Presumption' Of Disability for Vets, Former POWs
- How Safe is Your Cash While You’re Working
- Options For National Guard And Reserve Retirement
October 2013
- Reader Question On Veterans Group Life Insurance
- Personal Branding: And Why It Should Matter To Service Members & Veterans
- Qualified Reservist Distribution - TSP & IRA Withdrawals for Reservists
- Book Review: "Give and Take"
- The Crucial First Step to Point Yourself Towards Success After the Military
September 2013
- Life After the Military – Now What?
- National Guard and Reserve Retirement at the Maximum Pay
- Reserve Retirement Eligibility
- The Affordable Care Act and Military Veterans
- Sanctuary and Military Mobilization
- Selling A Personal Finance Book In The Military Exchanges
- Buying Your Military Service Credit In The Federal Civil Service
- Should You Self-Publish or Use a Traditional Publisher?
- Military Reserve Retirement, Tricare, and Medicare
August 2013
- Out Of Debt & Heading For Financial independence
- Book Review: "Soldier of Finance" By Jeff Rose
- Military Veterans Rate A FREE One-year Linkedin Premium Upgrade
- Maximizing TSP Contributions From A Combat Zone
- Protecting Your Military Benefits In A Divorce
- Military Reserve Retirement Points and "Good Years"
- Extreme home improvement: DIY photovoltaic array
July 2013
- The Bright Side of Solar Power Purchase Agreements
- I'm Still a Tricare Delinquent
- Entrepreneur Resources for Veterans
- Extreme Home Improvement: The Finances of Your Residential Photovoltaic Array
- Maximizing Your Civil Service Computation Date
- Three Reasons to Keep Your Retirement Savings in the Thrift Savings Plan
- "I'm in the Military and I Just Got My Degree! Now What?"
- Divorce And A Military Reserve Pension
- Book Review: "Rent vs. Own"
June 2013
- Mixed plate: Tricare, "back pay" issues, early Reserve & Guard retirement
- How many years does it take to reach financial independence?
- Military Reserve Sanctuary, Retirement, and Time in Grade
- Keys To Saving When You Start Your Career
- Lifestyles in Retirement: Cable TV Troubleshooting
- 5 Ways to Ease the Transition from Military to Civilian Career
- "I'm setting a good example by working at a job"
- More problems with peer-to-peer lending
- Peer-To-Peer Loan Calculator - How Much Are You Really Paying for That Loan?
May 2013
- The Problems With Peer-To-Peer-Lending
- Book review: "The Longevity Project"
- TRICARE Prime premiums and United Healthcare
- Amazon Affiliate Sales - Another Way to Make Money Online
- Military Retirement and Divorce - How Does a Divorce Impact Military Retirement Pay?
- Details of the blog move
April 2013
- Military Retirement From The Individual Ready Reserve
- Ask the Readers: Returning to Duty After Military Retirement?
- Total Pay: How much will your next paycheck be?
- Guest Post Wednesday: "You’ve Been SERB’d!"
- Lifestyles in Hawaii: Hawaii Island (the Big Island)
- Reserve Military Pension for "Discharge" Instead of "Retired Awaiting Pay"
- Reserve Military Retirement For Active-Duty Veterans With Previous Reserve Or National Guard Service
- Military Retirement Lessons Learned
- Military Benefits After One Enlistment (part 2 of 2)
March 2013
- Military Benefits After One Enlistment
- USAA and membership growth
- Guest Post Wednesday: "Thinking of Retiring Abroad? Buy Homes in Costa Rica! Check Out A ‘Dual Guide’ On What You Need to Know!"
- Joining the Military During a Drawdown
- Military Reserve Sanctuary and Active-Duty Retirement
- The Commissary Rewards Card - An Easy Way to Save Money at the Base Commissary
- I Tried 23andMe Genetic Testing & Here's My Review
- Guest Post Wednesday: Tips to save while (your spouse is) deployed, Sea Services edition
February 2013
- Guest Post Wednesday: 5 Benefits of VA Home Loans
- Top Ten Financial Bad Habits (And Three Good Habits)
- Should You Start A Civil Service Bridge Career After The Military?
- When do you stop contributing to tax-deferred accounts?
- Sea story: the Admiral Rickover interview
- Navy: women are joining the crews of VIRGINIA-class attack submarines
- Book Review - To Forgive Design: Understanding Failure
January 2013
- 40 miles for Tricare Prime -- or maybe Tricare Standard
- Guest Post Wednesday: "My Road to a Reserve Retirement"
- Dealing With Credit Card Fraud -- Any Suggestions?
- Reader Advice: Update on Ben's bridge career
- Save Money by Fixing Your Own Plumbing
- Guest Post Wednesday: Employment Opportunities for Disabled Veterans with Disability Compensation
- The RAO Bulletin on Veteran Administration Benefits, Medicare, and Medicaid
- Guest Post Wednesday: My Military Career Savings and Investment Story
December 2012
- Book review: "Pocket Your Dollars"
- Guest Post Wednesday: "If You Are Starting a Small Business, Do Not Expect To Get Paid"
- Beginner's Guide to Part-Time Blogging for Money
- Reader questions on Reserve retirement Tricare and points
- Guest Post Wednesday: Homeless Veterans
- Interview: What's Wrong With Long-term Care Insurance?
- Guest Post Wednesday: Financial Relief for Veterans
November 2012
- Guest Post Wednesday: From Battlefield to Boss-- MBAs for Ex-Military Personnel
- Should I Get Out of the Military, or Stick Around for Retirement?
- Will you work after military retirement?
October 2012
- Combat Zone Contributions to the Thrift Savings Plan
- How much cash in a retirement portfolio?
- Navy Reserve Retirement Credit for ROTC Summer Training
September 2012
- Geriatric Financial Management Update
- More Lessons Learned on Insurance (part 2 of 2)
- Frugality After Financial Independence - Saving Money on Shaving, and Other Thoughts
- Lessons Learned on Insurance
- Guest post Wednesday: The importance of your retirement account Exit Strategy.
- Lifestyles in Hawaii: "Naked on the beach"
August 2012
- Good reasons NOT to live in Hawaii
- Military insurance: SGLI, VGLI, SBP, and other benefits
- Over a decade later, REDUX still sucks
- This is why we blog: another "net disability exclusion" story
- So you want to be a landlord.
- Book review: "Abundance"
- IRS Denies Military Retirement "Net Disability Exclusion"
- Ask your Dad if you should contribute to the Roth TSP.
July 2012
- Want to buy a franchise business in Hawaii?
- Sea story: Titanium toilet valves
- The TSP matches contributions for military members?
- Book review: "You Are NOT So Smart."
- More new military retirement and early retirement links
- Tricare fee increases coming in October
- Guest post: Advice to Stretch Your Military Retirement Pay
- The Regulation for Calculating an Active-Duty Pension
June 2012
- Reader Questions About Retiring on a Military Enlisted Pension
- Forensic Geriatric Finances
- Book review: "All The Money In The World"
- Tricare, vehicle insurance, and uninsured/underinsured motorists
- "Top Ten Reasons to Never Retire"
- Lifestyles in early retirement: Hawaii long-term travel
- USAA's savings goals and 529 plan calculators
- Lifestyles in early retirement: long-term travel
- Observations on a military transition
May 2012
- Sea story: “Swim call!”
- Lifestyles in Early Retirement: Habits and getting things done
- Marine Corps Offers Early Retirement - Details on the Temporary Early Retirement Authority (TERA)
- Retire at 17 years of service or 20?
- Retirement planning: "Just tell me what to do!"
- Book review: “Why We Buy”
- Military Drawdown Brings New Career, Pay, and Benefits Changes
- Buying a used car on a cash advance in a new town
- 529 college savings for military families
- Book report: "The 36-Hour Day"
April 2012
- Questions on the 4% "safe" withdrawal rate
- How much will military veterans leave on the table?
- Old-school frugal (part 2 of 2)
- If I Only Knew Then What I Know Now - How to Catch up on Your Retirement Planning
- Roth TSP: 7 May, but later for military
- Old-school frugal
- Translating Military Experience to Civilian Careers
- Sea story: Simulate submarine life at home
- Do you have affluenza?
- Book report: “The Mindset List”
March 2012
- Military retirement with low savings
- Starting your kid's Roth IRA
- Bridge career: "HA!"
- "So Nords, why are you still blogging?" (part 3)
- Lifestyles in military retirement: Las Vegas
- Is the Roth Thrift Savings Plan right for you?
- "So Nords, why are you still blogging?" (Part 2)
- Completely worth the money
- "So Nords, why are you still blogging?"
- Book review: "Give Smart"
- Get on LinkedIn, get a job
February 2012
- "I'll never retire!"
- Book review: Your Retirement Quest
- A complete waste of money
- USAA's retirement planner and financial goal-planning tools
- Starting Your Bridge Career After the Military
- Book review: "When The Time Comes"
- TSP tips and trivia
- Military pay & benefits cuts
- Book review: You're On Your Own
January 2012
- Book review: Leaving the military for "The Corner Office"
- Sea story: The trouble with toilet paper
- Geriatric financial lessons learned
- Save or invest?
- Joining NFCU, PenFed, and USAA (part 2 of 2)
- New Year's Resolution: joining NFCU, PenFed, and USAA
December 2011
- Should You Join The Reserves or National Guard?
- Book review: "A Bittersweet Season"
- Infographic on Drawing Down the Troops from Iraq
- Parent's letter to an 18-year-old
- Five reasons to NOT retire early
- Military Drawdown Predictions
- Update to "Just Write It"
- Covering a Mortgage in Retirement - How Not Paying Off Your Mortgage Can Lead to More Financial Flexibility and a Larger Investment Portfolio
- Retirement planners and calculators (part 2 of 2)
November 2011
- Geriatric financial management update
- Do you really need $2M to retire?!?
- Retirement planners and calculators (part 1 of 2)
- USAA on retirement calculators
- Five retirement strategies that don't work
- Is the 4% withdrawal rate really safe?
- Geriatric financial management
- Book review: 1001 Things to Love About Military Life
- Protecting military with the SCRA
October 2011
- Problems with retirement calculators
- Book review: Stop Acting Rich
- Just write it.
- DIY home improvement
- Lifestyles in Military Retirement: Living in Hawaii
- Personal finance, mobile banking, and mobile wallets
- Sea story: "Hand me a dustpan!"
- Medicare, Tricare For Life, Medigap insurance, and Congress
- The Military Drawdown and Benefits Cuts
September 2011
- Lifestyles in military retirement: Empty nester
- Book report: Dilemmas of Family Wealth
- Pricing insurance and investments
- Answers to USAA's questions
- USAA's underwear secrets
- Introverts, extroverts, and retirement
- More on caring for an elder's finances
August 2011
- Pension pitfalls
- Lifestyles in military retirement: surfing photos
- DIY home maintenance
- Financial lessons learned from caring for an elderly parent
- Book Review: "Get Rich Click!"
- Join the military to get rich and retire early?: the rest of the story
- Join the military to get rich and retire early?
July 2011
- Charitable Gift Funds - How to Set Up An Account to Donate to Your Favorite Cause
- Details of the 4% Safe Withdrawal Rate
- Trends in retirement
- Trends in personal finances
- Lifestyles in military retirement: Napili Bay
- Getting Rich In The Submarine Force
- "What, me worry?"
- Book review: Eric Tyson's "Personal Finance in Your 20s For Dummies"
- Five Money Missteps
June 2011
- Sea story: Looking for an Engineer in all the wrong places
- Update on TRICARE and Congress
- Chasing yield
- USAA: Seven Money Rules to Break
- How much should you save for college?
- Retirement For Dual Military Couples
- Book review: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Social Security and Medicare
- Early retirement and the kid's college fund
- Book Review: Liz Weston's "The 10 Commandments of Money"
- Raising a money-smart kid
- Raising an ER-smart kid
May 2011
- Lifestyles in military retirement: Haleakala Crater redux
- Retiring Early -- with Kids?
- Building the Ultimate Investment Portfolio
- Would you like a financial planner with that?
- Lifestyles in military retirement: Haleakala Crater
- Sea story: "If I was in the Air Force"...
- Getting "the job call"
- Suze Orman advises a dual-military couple
- So where should I invest my money now?!?
April 2011
- TSP annuity options
- TSP withdrawal options
- Military Long Term Care Insurance - Through the Federal Long-Term Care Insurance Program
- Back to the Trinity Study
- The Reserve Component Survivor Benefit Plan
- More SBP details
- Military Survivor Benefit Plan - An Overview to Help You Decide if You Should Buy in or Not
- Sea story: "Hang on!!"
- Military Dental Care - Active Duty and Retiree Dental Care
March 2011
- Lifestyles in Military Retirement: Learning to Surf in Hawaii
- Asset allocation considerations for a military pension (part 3 of 3)
- Asset Allocation Considerations for a Military Pension (part 2 of 3)
- Asset Allocation Considerations for a Military Pension
- Saving base pay and promotion raises
- Effect of Inflation on a REDUX Military Pension
- Military Pension Inflation Protection - How and Inflation Indexed Pension Keeps Up with Cost of Living
- TIPS and I bonds for military retirement?
- Living with Inflation - How to Handle Inflation in Your Investment Portfolio
- Effect of Inflation on a Dollar - Why You Need to Factor Inflation into Your Retirement Plans
February 2011
- Sea Story: Blowing the Job Interview of the Decade
- During retirement: Paying it forward
- During retirement: You will change. Your plans may change too.
- During retirement: Back to school?
- During retirement: where do you want to go next?
- During retirement: rebel a little
- During retirement: Healthy lifestyle
- During retirement: take small financial steps (part 2 of 2)
- During retirement: take small financial steps (part 1 of 2)
- During retirement: The inevitable job offers
January 2011
- Volunteering for Charity or Neighbors
- Dealing with "retiree guilt"
- Forget about who you were and discover who you are
- The transition to a bridge career
- Retirement: don't recreate your old environment
- Retirement: Relax, Reconnect and Re-engage
- "So, Nords, how did you start blogging?"
- Sea story: "Secure blowing sanitaries!!!"
- The "Fog of Work"
December 2010
- Tailor Your Investments to Your Military Pay and Your Pension
- Military Members & Real Estate: Should You Rent, Buy, or Live on Base?
- Where to put your savings while you're in the military
- Simple Ways to Start Saving for Retirement
- Frugal Living is Not Deprivation - How Living on Less Can Result in a Richer Life
- The Easiest Path to Financial Independence - Start Saving Early
- Retiring without a Military Pension - How to Create Your Own Retirement Plan
- Retiring on Multiple Streams of Income
- Where Do You Live After You Leave the Military?
- Reserves and National Guard: Tricare Reserve Select and Tricare Retired Reserve health insurance
- Mobilizing with the Reserves and National Guard
- Reserves and National Guard - Another Way to Earn a Military Retirement
November 2010
- Construction Tour of the New USS ARIZONA Memorial Museums
- The command's farewell and saying "See you later" to everyone else
- Exit Interviews, Last-Minute Questions, and the Retirement Ceremony
- Medical and dental exams
- Military Retirement and Discharge Paperwork
- Six Months Before Retirement... Preparing for a Military Retirement
- I'm going to retire. Now what? (part 2 of 2)
- I'm Going to Retire from the Military. Now What? (part 1 of 2)
- Lifestyles in Military Retirement: Surfing
- Military retirement: how much can I really spend?
- Military retirement spending: how much will I need?
October 2010
- Sea story: "Battle Stations Missile"
- Retirement finances: what will I spend?
- Retirement budgeting
- Writing and Publishing - A Behind the Scenes Look at The Military Guide
- Financial myths of retirement (part 2 of 2)
- Financial Myths of Retirement (part 1 of 2)
- Myths Of Military Retirement And Early Retirement
- Where Are All the Retirees? How Do We Ask for Their Advice?
- When Should You Stop Working? - Determining the Best Time to Retire
- The Biggest Benefits of a Military Retirement
