Military Living & Benefits

The Servicemember Civil Relief Act (SCRA) protects active-duty servicemember's in several ways. The most often heard of is banks lowering interest rates to 6% on loans & credit cards entered into before active duty for servicemembers. This is great for those who had these accounts before entering active service. But ...
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Don't suffer with combat related PTSD in silence. Are you avoiding help because you don't want to be seen on base/post? Or maybe their appointments have a ridiculously long wait list (we found this to be the case when trying to get my husband help). Whatever the case may be, ...
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I have complied a list of Fort Hood Area Military Marriage Services that consists of civilian providers offering services to our military families here at Fort Hood for free. Many service members refuse to go to marriage counseling because they think their command will find out that there is trouble ...
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Hello, I am 18 and currently in a relationship with my boyfriend who is in boot camp for the Army right now. However, after AIT we plan on getting married. All of this stuff is so new to me. One of his recruiters told him the DEERS paperwork process could ...
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My daughter and her boyfriend, who is in the army, are planning to get engaged soon. They are under the impression that it could take up to 6 months after they are married for the military to recognize their marriage and before she could go live with him. Is this ...
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Dear Military Spouse, I'm fairly new to this game and I don't really know how getting a house in the military works. We're getting married when he gets back from Marine boot camp, how soon will it be until we're able to get a house? Will we even get a ...
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How long will it take to add me to DEERS after getting married? Dear Military Spouse, I wanted to know do my Fiance and I have to be married for any specific amount of time before he can submit me for DEERS? He will be re-enlisting and we plan to ...
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For all of those that are looking to make a military family budget (and stick with it), I have created an easy to use, fill in the blank budget worksheet geared specifically towards the Military Family. It includes easy to follow directions to help you create your zero balance budget ...
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Hi Bridget! First I would like to thank you so much for having your Ask Bridget column. I enjoy reading it every week, even when you write about other stuff. Anyway, I just married a soldier; how long before we can move into housing? I feel like we have a ...
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Q. I am currently engaged to a soldier. He is stationed in Texas and I live in our home state of Kentucky. Since we are getting married does this mean I can legally terminate my lease? In other words if I get married to someone in the military, can my lease be ...
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Q. I have a question about Liberty pass, Can US Army personnel get them and do they cost thousands of Dollars to buy one? I have been receiving emails for someone supposedly on deployment in Korea, and he's asked myself for 4700 Dollars to pay for his Liberty pass for 3 months to come ...
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Hey, Military Spouse, Grow up stop the bullying! As a Military Spouse of almost 13 years, I have pretty much seen it all. I became a Military Spouse at the age of 20. So most of my adult life has been that of a Military Spouse. Although I didn't get ...
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First I would like to apologize for not writing this sooner. I have been at the Earth Day event on Fort Lee, so I have not been in my office until just now. Fort Lee MWR steps up to the plate on this whole mess! I would like to thank the Marketing Manager ...
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At around 3:49 pm today April 30, 2012, I noticed a rather disturbing status message in my newsfeed by the Fort Lee FMWR that read (without the stars): "It's the world's fault, not mine." the mantra of lazy f**kers everywhere. READ THE FOLLOW-UP POST HERE: Fort Lee MWR steps up to ...
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Q. It's me again with some lovely order changes... No Presidents Day leave for my Fiancé. This changes all the plans for getting married at the courthouse before the actual ceremony in April. We are still on for the actual wedding ceremony April 7th but I was thinking about it ...
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