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Navy Mutual – Retirement Planning
Steps You Can Take to Refresh Your Financial Strategy
Sponsored As the year winds down and a new one approaches, many people take the time to think about New ...
How to Have the Life Insurance Conversation with Your Spouse
Sponsored Your spouse is one of the most important people in your life — someone you love, trust, and rely ...
Comparing Term and Permanent Life Insurance
Deciding whether term or permanent life insurance is a better fit for your family comes down to a combination of ...
How to Stretch Your Retirement Savings
Sponsored Getting to retirement is both exhilarating and scary. It is exciting to have free time to spend with your ...
Is One Life Insurance Policy Enough?
Sponsored Military members are automatically enrolled in Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance (SGLI) when they join the military, for up to ...
How Long Will Your Retirement Funds Last?
Sponsored Since you began working, even if you were just a high school student at the time, you have likely ...
Is One Life Insurance Policy Enough?
Sponsored Military members are automatically enrolled in Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance (SGLI) when they join the military, for up to ...
Four Life Insurance Mistakes to Avoid
Sponsored Life insurance protects your family from feeling the full financial impact of one’s passing. It is a product that ...
Advance Directives: Living Wills and Health Care Proxies
Sponsored The importance of being prepared, no matter the situation, cannot be overstated. Preparedness helps avoid confusion, split-second decision making, ...
Wills and Trusts: Best Practices for Military Families
Sponsored To safeguard your family’s financial future and to prevent your estate from getting tied up in the court system, ...
Types and Features of Annuities
Sponsored Most people want to live comfortably in retirement. Annuities allow you to achieve that goal through the accumulation of ...
Is an Annuity Right for You?
Sponsored An annuity is a contract that allows you to invest a sum of money with a life insurance company ...
The Basics of 529 Plans
Sponsored A 529 plan, also called a qualified tuition plan, is a tax-deferred savings and investment account that is designed to ...
What Happens When You File a Life Insurance Claim
Sponsored As the beneficiary of someone’s life insurance policy, you understand that at some point, you may have to file ...
Choosing Beneficiaries
Sponsored An important part of applying for a life insurance policy – and maintaining it once it’s active – is ...
Purchasing Your First Life Insurance Policy
Sponsored Life insurance, at its simplest, is a risk management strategy, similar to car insurance or homeowner’s insurance. But while ...
Children’s Financial Literacy
Sponsored Your children’s financial literacy starts with you. By teaching them to form good money habits when they are young, ...
Divorce and the Survivor Benefit Plan
Sponsored Nobody gets married with the intention of getting divorced at a later point, but still, divorce happens. The process ...
What is Dependency and Indemnity Compensation?
Sponsored Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) is a tax-free monthly benefit paid to the eligible survivors of servicemembers who died ...
Why You Need Life Insurance Beyond SGLI
Sponsored It’s easy not to think too much about life insurance when your spouse is in the military, since their ...
Why a Stay-at-Home Parent Needs Life Insurance
Sponsored People don’t often think about the dollar value of their everyday household contributions, especially those who do not hold ...
Why You Should Buy Life Insurance When You Are Young
Sponsored Life insurance is rarely a concern to those who are young, healthy, single, and without children, and why would ...
What Happens to Email Accounts When Someone Dies
Sponsored It’s hard to imagine a world without email. We use it to communicate with our colleagues, set up appointments, ...
Life Insurance for Children
Sponsored When people think about life insurance, they often think about protecting their families from financial hardships that might accompany ...
Estate Planning Basics
Sponsored Regardless of how much money you have, and no matter your age, you have an estate. Because of this, ...
Everything You Need to Know About Chronic Illness Coverage
According to the CDC, six of every 10 adults in the United States have a chronic illness, and four of ...
Choosing the Right Life Insurance Policy for Your Needs
Sponsored Most people can benefit from the peace of mind that life insurance provides. It is a promise that you ...
Budgeting Basics
Sponsored At the beginning of a new year, people have goals and aspirations, often to do with health and wellness. ...
Annuities: The Unsung Heroes of Retirement Planning
Sponsored There are many ways to grow your savings when it comes to retirement planning. A retirement account, like a ...
The Anatomy of a Last Will and Testament
Sponsored The reading of the will makes a great scene in movies and television shows, with the family gathered around ...
Travel
Six Ways to Stay Sane on Your Road Trip this Holiday Season
Six Ways to Stay Sane on Your Road Trip this Holiday Season For military families the holiday season usually means ...
Freedom Furniture Presents: Top Ten Travel Destinations For Military Families
The holiday season hopefully brings gifts of good tidings and celebrations with your nearest and dearest. It is also one ...
PCSing with Pets
Article by Teresa Ferguson, La Quinta Inns & Suites If you think moving is stressful for you, imagine how confusing ...
5 Tips for Traveling Alone with Kids
Life doesn't stop while your spouse is deployed, in fact, it seems to move faster. The same is true for ...
You’re in the Club: Military Recreation Areas
In a life that requires multiple deployments, frequent moves and single parenthood every TDY, sometimes a military family just needs ...
Top 10 Tips for Traveling with Pets
It's almost summer travel (and summer PCS'ing) season. So we've asked the expert, Cloud Star all natural pet products founder ...
Education
10 Dos and Don’ts to Encourage Your Child’s Teacher
With the new school year in full swing, I can already tell that the wonderful teachers serving our kiddos are ...
6 Helpful Back-to-School Tips for Returning to School With An IEP
As you sip your Starbucks and cruise the aisles of Target there is something very apparent - we have officially ...
3 Opportunities for Milspouses Embarking on the Great Educational Journey
By Maya Yegorova The end of summer always causes a reflection in goal-setting as a new school year approaches for ...
Going Back to School the Homeschooling Way
It’s that time of year! Back to school is here! While many families across the nation get ready for the ...
How to Start Homeschooling When You Don’t Feel Ready
The first year of homeschooling is completely overwhelming. Millions of thoughts race through the mind. Doubts and questions about curriculum ...
Back-to-School? Now is the Time to Plan for Your Child’s Future
By CAPT Scott C. Gibney, US Navy (Ret.), Co-owner Gibney Solutions LLC (College & Career) Each year there are many ...
Back to (a New) School Through the Eyes of a Military Teen
By Abby Huisman, age 14 Most military families understand the struggle of moving, but how does it affect military kids, ...
6 At-Home Activities for Curious Toddlers
By Jordan Benton Stay-at-home moms Brittany Henson and Ashley Oswald, both former elementary school teachers, detail their favorite DIY activities ...
Park University – Transforming Lives Since 1875
Sponsored Founded in 1875 in Parkville, Mo., a suburb of Kansas City, Park University is a nonprofit, private institution that ...
Increasing Educational Opportunities for all Military Caregivers
I am a Post-9/11 Military Caregiver and represent the state of Ohio as the 2020 Elizabeth Dole Fellow. I provide ...
What Does it Really Look Like to Homeschool as a Military Family
Recently, perched on the edge of a comfy couch, I sat with some newly acquainted friends. Most of us were ...
Educational Resources and Discounts for Active Duty Military Spouses
As a military spouse, your educational aspirations are an important part of who you are. If you’re an active duty ...
Mom (or Dad) is Getting That Master’s Degree
The time had come to celebrate. I ordered an entire case of confetti poppers to shoot off when I finally ...
These Companies Want to Hire Military Spouses
Virtual Career Expo | MARCH 24, 2021, 12-4PM EST Register now. Space is limited! FIND THE POSITION YOU WANT AT ...
These Are the Companies Looking to Hire Military Spouses
Sponsored The next VIRTUAL CAREER EXPO is on March 24th! Register here. Come connect with Employers, Schools and Franchises. MARCH ...
10 Little Things That Can Make a Big Impression With Employers
sc: GI Jobs Finding civilian employment can be an uphill battle. COMPETITION IS FIERCE AND SOMETIMES IT’S THE LITTLE THINGS ...
What a CEO is Looking For: Nailing a Job Interview
sc: GI Jobs The job interview. Exhilarating and terrifying all at once. THERE ARE, HOWEVER, SEVERAL STEPS YOU CAN TAKE ...
5 Must-know Interview Tips That Will Get You Hired
sc: GI Jobs The interview process can feel stacked in favor of the employer. BUT THAT ISN’T NECESSARILY THE CASE ...
Building Your Network: Making the Right Connections
sc: GI Jobs BY TIM MALLOY Like any other military operation, building your network is never complete. RATHER, IT IS ...
5 Things You Must Do Before Attending A Job Fair
sc: GI Jobs BY JENA RICHEY Avoid going into job fairs blindly and do homework ahead of time so you ...
The Lost Military Kids: Educated in Isolation
Military kids and their parents share their school experiences during the pandemic. Fourteen year old Josh wakes up slowly, blinking ...
We Need More Military Spouse Authors
“These applications don’t really work for us.” I was leading a small group Bible study when a fellow military spouse ...
From the Experts: Navigating Back to School During COVID-19 for Students and Teachers
When schools began to shut down in March due to COVID-19, we struggled to make sense of what was going ...
The Future of Education in a Post-Covid19 World
The Covid-19 pandemic brought educational institutions to a screeching halt this past Spring; now, they are being coerced to refashion ...
The Disrupted Education of Military Kids During COVID19
Summer time represents nearly 260,000 military moves across the United States and around the globe - if this was a ...
From Seasoned Spouse to Seasoned Student
I vividly remember the first time I heard the phrase “seasoned spouse” in a military forum. And fighting the urge ...
Back to School: What IEP Parents Need to be Doing Right Now
The biggest thing that I was not prepared for when the Coronavirus pandemic shut down our schools? Becoming a teacher ...
Our Military Kids’ Resilience Will Carry Them Through the Unrest of 2020 and Beyond
Dr. Becky Porter, President and CEO, Military Child Education Coalition® (MCEC®) These are trying times, to put it mildly. The ...
Military Child Education Coalition Promotes 100% Acceptance
Dr. Becky Porter, President and CEO, Military Child Education Coalition® (MCEC®) Our country finds itself in the midst of growing ...
Public Education in Hawaii: Perception is Not Reality
“We must not allow other people’s limited perceptions to define us.”Virginia Satir In 2012, we received orders to PCS to ...
Finance
Military to Civilian Transition
Watch Out for These 4 BIG Expenses When You Are Leaving the Military
Leaving military life is a challenging transition for anyone, whether your service member is getting out after four years or ...
5 Ways to Help Transition Military Kids into Civilian Life
From GIJobs.com When you have young children, you’re not the only one who will experience the challenges of a transition from ...
PCS
Finding Joy When You Feel Left Behind
It started when you saw the boxes. You knew your friend would be moving, but it felt so far away. ...
Tips from Experienced Moms for PCS’ing While Pregnant
As if moving across the country with your active-duty spouse isn’t already a little stressful, how about doing it while ...
How to Turn Your PCS into an *Affordable* Vacation
It’s the year we have all been waiting for! With many Covid restricts gone or very limited, everyone is looking ...
What To Do When Your Family Is “In Limbo”
“Hurry up and wait.” Every military spouse is at least familiar with this phrase. The majority of us have actually ...
The Impact of PCS Moves on Your Kids
We can look into the eyes of our children to see the impact of PCS moves. We can listen to ...
15 Downright Must-Follow PCS Prep Tips
It's that time again! The dreaded PCS... We can try and find the humor in this PCS (yeah, right!) For real, follow ...
You Can PCS Without Leaving Your City
Recently it was time for me to give up my geo-bachelorette pad. I have lived in the same little apartment, ...
11 Toddler Tips for Surviving the Next PCS
If a regular PCS is challenging, planning and completing a move with toddlers takes it to another level, as a ...
Realizing Dreams
A few years ago my friend Shannon, who is also an Army wife, told me that I needed to write ...
I’m PMS’ing for My Upcoming PCS Move
I'm PMS'ing for my upcoming PCS Move Four Easy Steps to cope with Transitional Anxiety Okay, well, I know the ...
Horrible PCS Stories …. That we can laugh about now!
Its PCS season and that puts a shiver down the spine of any milspouse who has had a less than ...
Parent’s PCS Checklist for Changing Schools
Your orders are in hand (hopefully) and you're slowly marking off the calendar until the movers arrive. Moving is never ...
Holiday Traditions During a PCS
I can still tell you the exact holiday traditions we did when I was growing up. Thanksgiving was always kind ...
Want to Meet Your Neighbors? Buy a Watermelon.
I've been pretty successful lately on the friendship-dating scene. Actually, I'm quite the player these days. However, I need to ...
The Unknown – I Don’t Accept It
The unknown. As military spouses, we are supposed to not only accept it, but also embrace it. It's an adventure! ...
Things that drive us CRAZY!!
Article by Lisa Smith Molinari, Navy Spouse Part and parcel of the military experience is The Military Move. Every few ...
Home Staging – Military By Owner
Your home is a reflection of your personal taste and style, where you have free reign to decorate as you ...
Want A Well Adjusted Military Child? Have a Positive Attitude.
As parents, we know that our behavior has an impact on our children. As military families, we assume that the ...
Employment
Virtual Careers in Technology: Building a Future from Anywhere
By Yaroslav Opalynski In today's digital age, virtual careers in technology have become a promising avenue for military spouses seeking ...
Why Military Spouses Should Get Real Estate Licenses
Military spouses are often overlooked when it comes to professional opportunities. However, their unique skill sets and experiences make them ...
Educated, Qualified & Unemployed
Even experienced professionals like Mary Houston struggle to build a career when they have to PCS every couple of years. ...
Portable Career and Extra Income: Substitute Teaching as a Military Spouse
While the education system is hurting for quality substitute teachers, military spouses are presented with an opportunity to step into ...
To Work or Not to Work? That is the Question.
It is that time of year…early to rise, buses to catch, and carpools to wait in. That’s right. The time ...
The Importance of Creating Your Own Income Independence
It's never wise, military spouses, to put all your eggs in one basket. That one basket represents your servicemember's income. ...
Where Does Your Money Go? Family Budgeting During Inflationary Times
By CAPT Scott C. Gibney, US Navy (Ret.) Co-owner Gibney Solutions LLC (College & Career) Discussing a family’s budget is ...
5 Ways to Rethink Saving: A Minimalist Approach That Can Save Big $$$
Budgeting is a concept going through many minds right now. As the economic climate is causing many to tighten their ...
7 Practical Ways to Teach Your Kids to Budget
I was very fortunate to have had all four of my grandparents and a slew of aunts, uncles, and cousins ...
When That Deployment “Nest Egg” Isn’t There When They Come Home…
During the first deployment of our marriage, my husband and I were not on the same page about the household ...
Wise Advise + Assist Team is Leading the Way Toward Ending Milspouse Unemployment
Diana Jaquith and Laura Early, two seasoned Army spouses, are leading the charge towards creating military spouse employment opportunities and ...
Are Military Spouse Employment Programs Working?
Military spouse employment has been a pain point for military families and the Department of Defense (DOD) for decades. While ...
Trending Home-Based Business Strategies for Entrepreneurs in 2022
See Inside If we have learned anything from the past, change can happen instantly. We see this being true by ...
2022 Military Spouse Friendly Employers
These organizations realize the value of hiring military spouses. They get it! Every year, Military Friendly® identifies organizations that understand ...
Guild Will Build: New App Sets Goal to Help Military Community Build Personal Wealth
Guild Financial App Sets Goal to Help Military Community Build Fifty Billion Dollars in Personal Wealth by 2032 There’s a ...
Amazon Project Juno Allows Military Spouses to Keep Their Careers During PCS
By Amazon staff Military spouses average one household move every two and a half years—which is seven times more than ...
It’s Time to Create Your Own Success
Advancing your professional development while your spouse is active duty presents challenges, as a move every two to three years ...
How to Get on the Career Path You Deserve
By Erica Beal As a Navy SEAL spouse of more than 16 years, maintaining a meaningful career while our family ...
ACP Partners With BMS to Help Military Spouses Transition to the Corporate Sector
Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) seeks to hire those who want to change lives and the company is looking at the ...
4 Tips and Tricks to Launch Your Freelance Writing Career
My very first freelanced article was published right here at Military Spouse magazine—a place that holds special real estate inside ...
5 Things You Need to Have in a Home-based Business
Every business is different, but they all have the same basic needs to thrive. Here are a few simple things ...
How to Avoid Being Invisible Even While Working From Home
How can you climb the ladder and not become "out of sight, out of mind"? See inside Maintaining a stable ...
You Can Pave the Way for the Next Woman
According to The New York Times, U.S. entrepreneurship had increased by 24 percent during the coronavirus crisis, which has been ...
8 Most Important Things You Need to Do to Get the Job
Getting hired in a typical year is hard enough. Finding a job in our world as we navigate our way ...
These 12 Companies Want to Hire You
Sponsored Are you struggling through the job hunt? Not sure what your next move is? Can’t find the right career ...
Milspouse, Inventor, Mom: Don’t Let Just One Label Define You
See this and more in the March/April issue of Military Spouse Magazine! We hosted a live Q&A with April, and ...
These Companies Want to Hire Military Spouses
Virtual Career Expo | MARCH 24, 2021, 12-4PM EST Register now. Space is limited! FIND THE POSITION YOU WANT AT ...
Try the New TAP Workshops for Spouses
The transition from military life to the civilian workforce can be challenging for the 200,000 women and men who leave ...
Hiring Our Heroes Identifies Mental Health Link in Military Spouse Unemployment
Purpose and mental health wellbeing have long been connected by indisputable evidence and research. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s ...
Reclaim Your Mental Health With Meaningful Military Spouse Employment
“I’m sorry, you’re not qualified,” or, “I’m sorry, you’re over-qualified,” seem to be the normal responses milspouses receive when they're ...
Life Insurance
How to Have the Life Insurance Conversation with Your Spouse
Sponsored Your spouse is one of the most important people in your life — someone you love, trust, and rely ...
Comparing Term and Permanent Life Insurance
Deciding whether term or permanent life insurance is a better fit for your family comes down to a combination of ...
Is One Life Insurance Policy Enough?
Sponsored Military members are automatically enrolled in Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance (SGLI) when they join the military, for up to ...
Is One Life Insurance Policy Enough?
Sponsored Military members are automatically enrolled in Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance (SGLI) when they join the military, for up to ...
Four Life Insurance Mistakes to Avoid
Sponsored Life insurance protects your family from feeling the full financial impact of one’s passing. It is a product that ...
What Happens When You File a Life Insurance Claim
Sponsored As the beneficiary of someone’s life insurance policy, you understand that at some point, you may have to file ...
Choosing Beneficiaries
Sponsored An important part of applying for a life insurance policy – and maintaining it once it’s active – is ...
Purchasing Your First Life Insurance Policy
Sponsored Life insurance, at its simplest, is a risk management strategy, similar to car insurance or homeowner’s insurance. But while ...
Why You Need Life Insurance Beyond SGLI
Sponsored It’s easy not to think too much about life insurance when your spouse is in the military, since their ...
Why a Stay-at-Home Parent Needs Life Insurance
Sponsored People don’t often think about the dollar value of their everyday household contributions, especially those who do not hold ...
Why You Should Buy Life Insurance When You Are Young
Sponsored Life insurance is rarely a concern to those who are young, healthy, single, and without children, and why would ...
Life Insurance for Children
Sponsored When people think about life insurance, they often think about protecting their families from financial hardships that might accompany ...
Everything You Need to Know About Chronic Illness Coverage
According to the CDC, six of every 10 adults in the United States have a chronic illness, and four of ...
Choosing the Right Life Insurance Policy for Your Needs
Sponsored Most people can benefit from the peace of mind that life insurance provides. It is a promise that you ...
Introducing Guaranteed Issue Life Insurance for Separating Servicemembers and Their Families
Sponsored Navy Mutual is honored to serve those who serve our country. As a show of thanks, we are offering ...
Top 3 Life Insurance Considerations When Marrying into the Military
Sponsored Getting married is a joyous life change, but one that comes with extra planning factors when your betrothed is ...
5 Things You Might Not Have Known About Life Insurance
Sponsored September is Life Insurance Awareness Month, although it is entirely possible that life insurance has been on your mind ...
Life Insurance Basic Training
Sponsored Learn the basics of life insurance and find out if additional coverage is right for you and your family. ...
Your Partner in Life
Sponsored Your spouse is one of the most important people in your life — someone you love, trust and rely ...
Long-Term Care Checklist
Download this step-by-step checklist to start your long-term care planning! How to Plan for Long-Term Care Checklist
Life Insurance LookBook
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Concerned About Long Term Care? Learn Your Options and How to Start Planning Now
A majority of the population, as high as 69% of the people turning 65 this year, will need some level ...
Growing Family, Growing Needs
Changes in your life affect your life insurance needs going forward. Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance (SGLI) might be sufficient when ...
Retirement
The Great Uncertainty of Retirement
There comes the point in one’s career where retirement becomes more and more real. It starts with realizing there are ...
I Can’t Wait to Leave the Military and Have Better Healthcare…
When your spouse finally decides to hit the button and retire from the military, there are a mix of emotions. ...
Male Spouse Perspective: Transitioning Out of the Military
Retirement: The World's Longest Coffee Break! I like to start out my article with a quote that pertains to ...
Hanging Up the Sea Bag – As Retirement Quickly Approaches
The time is getting closer (okay, a year and a half away, but still). We need to plan it. Maybe ...
10 Tips for the Retiring Spouse
Your spouse is retiring from the military. And while congratulations usually abound, there may also be some trepidation as you ...
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