Let’s face it — the American tax system isn’t known for its simplicity. And the confusion factor just climbs higher when you lived or worked in more than one state during the year. Read More

The theme for Military Saves Week 2012 is more than just a theme; It’s a simple set of instructions to help you save successfully. Set a Goal. Make a Plan. Save Automatically. Knowing what you want to save for, how to achieve it, and then making the savings process automatic will allow you to reach your savings goal. Read More

Washington, Lincoln, and of course, Jefferson: three of the forty-four men that we will be honoring this weekend who not only carried the title of President of the Unites States of America, but also Commander in Chief of our armed forces.

Named after one of the top commanders of our country, The Jefferson, Washington, DC will recognize all members of the military this President’s Day Weekend, and all Great American Weekends, with an exclusive salute: a $295 per night private package for our present and former members of the military and their spouses. Read More

Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless gas that can kill a person quickly. Carbon monoxide poisonings are more common in winter, when people use generators or heaters that give off exhaust containing the deadly gas. Read More

Military Saves is a social marketing campaign to persuade, motivate, and encourage military families to save money every month, and to convince leaders and organizations to be aggressive in promoting automatic savings. The campaign is a growing network of organizations and individuals committed to helping and supporting military members and their loved ones build personal savings arsenals to provide for their immediate and long term financial needs.

Knowledge is Power

Financial stability is about a lot more than knowledge — it takes consistent action over time. Most of us do better when we have a supportive environment. Military Saves is a campaign to make every military community that supportive environment. When enough military members, civilians, contractors, retirees, other veterans, family members, military organizations, private organizations, and companies belong to Military Saves, the entire military culture will be changed. The U.S. Armed Services will have become a saving community!

To Support Financial Readiness

Military Saves was developed and tested by its non-profit sponsor, Consumer Federation of America (CFA) and the military services from 2003 to 2006 and launched throughout the Department of Defense (DoD) on February 25, 2007. It is part of two larger campaigns — the DoD Financial Readiness Campaign, and the national America Saves campaign.

This year Military Saves Week is 19-26 February.  Sign up to become a Military Saver. When you Take the Pledge on www.militarysaves.org you will:

• Receive monthly newsletters from Military Saves
• Get information on how to increase knowledge of Military Saves in your community
• You will help build a Saving Community!

You can also:

Become a part of Military Saves with daily updates on Facebook and Twitter

Part 2 of 3:  Veterans continually face hurdles when searching for civilian work, including misinformation about the nature and quality of military training and their needs as wartime military personnel. This is the part-two of a three-part series (See Part 1: Challenges & Solutions) which illustrates the unique challenges faced by returning service members. Read More

FORT MEADE, Md. – Capt. Adrian Foster founded his military career on the concept of being part of something important. When he graduated high school, he wasn’t sure what that was, but he wasn’t content to wait and find out. He actively sought and embraced each new twist in his path. Today, that path leads to Congress. Read More

A Fighting Chance

This is the trailer of A Fighting Chance, which is the documentary about Kyle Maynard’s quest to fight in MMA. It will air on ESPN in November Read More

Part 1 of 3: With the advent of the economic crisis in this country, statistics show that veterans have suffered high unemployment rates equal to or greater than that of the civilian population. There are more veterans seeking work today, thanks to service members returning from Iraq. Read More

WASHINGTON – The National Veterans Small Business Conference, the government’s premier event for Veteran-owned small businesses, is coming to Detroit’s Cobo Center June 25-29, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced today. Read More