The Military Wallet

Paying for college is complicated for any family. For military families, it can be even more complex, but also filled with opportunities that many civilians never have. Between the Post-9/11 GI Bill, 529 plans, scholarships, state tuition programs, military-specific benefits, and financial aid, there are dozens of ways to reduce college costs. With all these resources, how ca...

For decades, military pay raises have followed a familiar formula. Most years, every servicemember receives the same percentage increase based largely on the Employment Cost Index (ECI). But the Fiscal Year 2027 proposal breaks from tradition, with lawmakers consid...

Have a deployment coming up? Then you’ll need to decide what to do with your vehicle while you’re away. If you’re considering leaving it with a trusted friend or family member, then you should be aware of what could happen if you let them drive your car while you’re deployed.

While this arrangement could work out if they simply run the engine for a bit once a week ...

What happens when military readiness collides with the realities of raising children?

In a recent episode of The Military Wallet Podcast, host Ryan Guina sat down with Kayla Corbitt to unpack one of the military community’s most persistent — and increas...

What if the most important financial lesson you ever learned didn’t come from a classroom, a bank, or even your parents—but from a conversation with a fellow servicemember?

That’s exactly what happened to Darius Lester, an active-duty Airman and founder of Mammoth Money Mindset and Mammoth Money Academy. In a recent episode of The Military Wallet Podcast, Lester...