Military Saves - militarysaves.org

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

  1. Where can I get financial counseling? I am meeting with a lawyer next week and wondered if you can help.
  2. How do I become a volunteer?
  3. I am hesitant to take The Saver Pledge, because I do not want to share my personal financial information and I dont want to bombarded with a lot of junk email?
  4. Where can I find information on how to conduct a Military Saves Campaign?
  5. Why didnt I receive a welcome email?
  6. How do I find a the phone number and location of the Fleet and Family Center, The Army or Marine Corps Community Services Center or the Airman and Family Readiness Center at an installation?
  7. Who can enroll in Military Saves?
  8. Do you have brochures we can use to promote the Military Saves Campaign?
1. Where can I get financial counseling? I am meeting with a lawyer next week and wondered if you can help. | Top |

Visit the Airman and Family Readiness Center, the Financial Readiness Program Center, or the Fleet and Family Support Center. You can also contact Military OneSource at 1-800-342-9647 to schedule an appointment with a financial consultant.  If you have a lot of debt and need advice, call InCharge Debt Solutions at 1-800-565-8953, a non-profit credit counseling service that is a partner in Military Saves and the DoD Financial Readiness Campaign.
2. How do I become a volunteer? | Top |

Probably the best way to volunteer is to talk with the Personal Financial Manager at the Fleet and Family Center, The Army or Marine Corps Community Services Center or the Airman and Family Readiness Center. Let him/her know that you are interested and want to make a difference and he/she can tell you how to make an impact. You can take the lead in your unit and encourage other members to enroll in Military Saves and make a commitment to save. You can run a campaign at any time during the year--not just during Military Saves week. You can even focus on increasing TSP enrollment--you won't believe how many people don't participate in this easy way to save. It is so easy to do--just go to MyPay to sign up. Use the resources located in our resource kit to help! We are always looking for input on our Facebook page--suggestions of how to save money & savers stories to post on our website too!
3. I am hesitant to take The Saver Pledge, because I do not want to share my personal financial information and I dont want to bombarded with a lot of junk email? | Top |
Military Saves is a private, non-profit, completely voluntary program run in conjunction with the DoD and military services. You don't have to share any financial information. The idea of the campaign is for you to commit to building wealth over time and encourage others to do the same. If you don't share the philosophy, just don't participate. You may find some of our information interesting, though. Your individual participation will not be reported to anyone, by the way. If you enroll, you'll receive monthly Military Saves E-newsletters that contain helpful savings messages and you'll receive America Saves E-wealth Coach advice. You can always unsubscribe at the bottom of the newsletter or modify your subscription and update your profile at the America Saves Profile Center.
4. Where can I find information on how to conduct a Military Saves Campaign? | Top |
You can find information on how to run a Military Saves Campaign in the Resource Kit. The Saver Drive OPLAN 2010 will give the best summary. There are also tons of graphics on this page.
5. Why didn't I receive a welcome email? | Top |
We always want to know when you don't get your welcome email so contact us but check your junk mail first.
6. How do I find a the phone number and location of the Fleet and Family Center, The Army or Marine Corps Community Services Center or the Airman and Family Readiness Center at an installation? | Top |
Military Homefront Installations and Directories of Services is a great website that has tons of info on resources available at each installation.
7. Who can enroll in Military Saves? | Top |
Military Saves is a national campaign to persuade, motivate, and encourage military service members, their families & DoD associated personnel to save money every month, and to convince leaders and organizations to be aggressive in promoting automatic savings. The enrollment is open for everyone & it is very relevant for retirees and anyone affiliated with the military.
8. Do you have brochures we can use to promote the Military Saves Campaign? | Top |
All of the information that we have is downloadable from our graphics page.