Is it yours? Is it his/hers? Do you call it ‘ours’? Do you even talk about it with each other? I’ll be honest with you. Before becoming a milspouse, I worked. At age 12, I began babysitting and pet sitting. At age 17, I got a job at a local grocery store and cleaned houses. […] Read more…
These Banks Will Help Military Members In The Event Of A Government Shutdown
Updated as of 2:38 pm EST on 1/20/18. With less than 10 hours left their maybe a government shutdown imminent. We don’t talk politics here at Army Wife 101, but simply put a government shutdown for the military means they will go to work without receiving pay as of Feb 1st along with other government […] Read more…
7 Steps To Eliminate Debt On A Military Salary
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Navy Federal Credit Union. All opinions are 100% mine. Do you have financial debt? I used to. Between a credit card, car payment and student loans, I remember those overwhelming feelings. As soon as a paycheck came in, the majority of it was already […] Read more…
Betrayed: Special Incentive Pays Could Be Gone By Dec 31st Plus Cuts to Current and Future Military Retirees Pensions…If Your Spouse Is A Lifer and Plans on Retiring or Receives Special Pays Then You Need To Read This!!!!
So there are plenty of military news websites that will give you the news with the big fancy words and you will damn near need a degree in “whatthehelldoesthatmean-eology” to figure out. Fortunately I don’t have that particular degree and sometimes I need things broken down stupid proof for me to understand. You may or […] Read more…
The Combat Pay Debacle…When People Don’t Read!
The other day I got wind of an article on a political blog that panicked many people into believing that somehow President Obama was being this horribly mean cruel man and taking away combat pay from our military. The article I saw (which I refuse to even link) purposely left out the first main paragraph […] Read more…
Hmmm A Nice “Little” Pay Raise for The Military?
I was doing my morning web surfing this morning and came across some news that in the mid month pay for January we should see a 1.6% increase in pay. Hmm let’s see what we can buy with that : * a tank of gas * 2 coffees with out the extras from Starbucks or […] Read more…