Military life comes with transitions. Each relocation, promotion, and change in duty status brings the need to make money-related decisions. These financial decisions can have long-term effects on servicemembers’ family life, mission readiness, and security clearance. 

Military Consumer gives Personal Financial Managers and counselors, servicemembers, and military families the information they need to make sound financial decisions. Use this site to help with questions like:

  • What can I do to protect against identity theft?
  • What do I need to know when buying a car?
  • How can I avoid scams while using my education benefits?

 

Get Informed

Browse Military Consumer articles for short, actionable advice in these categories:

  • Spend: How to control where your money goes
  • Earn: How to use military experience and benefits to boost your earnings
  • Borrow: How to use credit and manage debt
  • Save & Invest: How to make today’s paychecks work for the future
  • Protect: How to safeguard your money, personal information, and reputation
  • Blog: Browse and subscribe to get email updates on spotting and avoiding scams 

Check out the Military Dashboard to explore data about problems servicemembers, veterans, and their families  may experience in the marketplace. Encourage military consumers in your network to report scams to the FTC at ReportFraud.ftc.gov. Report identity theft and get a recovery plan at IdentityTheft.gov.

Order Free Print Materials 

Get free copies of the FTC’s publications on topics like managing credit, dealing with debt, and recovering from identity theft. Order free print materials for yourself, use them at events, or hand them out to servicemembers and their families at ftc.gov/bulkorder. Pick from brochures like How To Avoid a Scam and Identity Theft. And don’t forget military-specific publications like Military Consumer bookmarks and booklets with advice to help military servicemembers, veterans, and families protect their credit and avoid identity theft. 

Join the FTC, DoD, and CFPB for Military Consumer Month

Check out the FTC’s digital toolkit, which helps the Military Consumer network reach servicemembers, veterans, and their families all month long. Share the social sharing images, social media posts, weekly blog posts with your battle buddies, family, friends, and colleagues.

Check out the Military Consumer Month 2024 page to learn more: MilitaryConsumer.gov/MCM2024.

 


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