Financial Blog
Memorial Day Message
Memorial Day Message With most National Holidays, the meanings are clear on the aspect and how one approaches the day. Memorial Day is more confusing for many Americans. It can be easy to signify the day as beginning of the summer season, long weekend, or a day to grill… Read More
Veteran Understanding of Debt and Financial Stability, 3 Simple Rules
DEBT and YOUR FAMILY The word ‘debt’ can send chills down your spine and make you want to run for the hills; but for most military families it can also mean the end of a military career. For Veterans it can mean homelessness. Unless you are debt free and… Read More
Veteran Insights: Take Charge of your Financial Planning After Separation
Take Charge of your Financial Planning After Separation When we leave military service, life as we know changes in minutes. We get excited that a new life is ahead of us. Our life can become less structured—with fewer rules and more privacy—maybe. One of the many changes to consider… Read More
Still Have a Student Loan? Some Relief
Federal Student Loan Relief How does it work? What should you do? Provided by William Edward Blanken Jr Are you or someone you know currently making federal student loan payments? Considering the COVID-19 pandemic, some welcome relief may be on the way. Thanks to the recent passage… Read More
US NAVY ETHOS – Enlistment OATH “We should apply to everyday life.”
As a US Navy Veteran, I am looking at current events that are upon us in The United States of America; not looking at the current events with panic and fear BUT with tactical and confident eyes. I go through the day look at my surroundings tactically. As a war… Read More
Keep doing your business during COVID 19
Keep doing your business during COVID 19 Well none of us thought the world would be where it is today. Things are still changing so rapidly, it’s impossible to know how things will look two,three weeks or months from now. There’s no new normal—but people are still trying to… Read More
Families First Coronavirus Response Act
Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Employee Paid Leave Rights The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA or Act) requires certain employers to provide employees with paid sick leave or expanded family and medical leave for specified reasons related to COVID-19. The Department of Labor’s (Department) Wage and Hour Division (WHD)… Read More
CARES ACT
Key Provisions of the CARES Act Distributions can be waived in 2020 for Inherited Accounts, 401(k)s, and IRAs. Provided by William Edward Blanken Jr Recently, the $2 trillion “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security” (“CARES”) Act was signed into law. The CARES Act is designed to help those… Read More
C.R.I.D. an affliction that affects us all
C.R.I.D C.R.I D. is a serious and recurring affliction that I and most of us suffer from. How does one get? How long does one suffer? Is there a cure? This affliction that baffles the medical field is called Cranial Rectal Insertion Disorder (CRID). Let us start off with cure.… Read More
I am not dead. Yet.
I am not dead. Yet Most people don’t spend too much time thinking about their own funeral. I do believe death is inevitable. Yet, some of us have a vision about our memorial service or the handling of our remains. But many do not because of the morbid thought… Read More