Frugal living is coming back into style, and military families are proving to be the trendsetters. The latest findings of the First Command Financial Behaviors Index™ reveal military families with household incomes of at least $50,000 are putting
While visiting injured soldiers one sunny Friday afternoon at Fort Riley, Kan., Scott Hallock overheard a distressed young man’s plea for assistance. An Army sergeant and combat veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder needed a ride home
First Command District Advisor Chris Lee made a commitment to the United States military when he joined the Army nearly 30 years ago. Then, after an eight-year career in the Army where he attained the rank of captain and served as a military
When retired Lt. Col. Brian Birdwell helped present a First Command donation to the Warrior and Family Support Center (WFSC) at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio last November, his speech to a group of wounded warriors was delivered with an intimate
On Nov. 1, 2009 – just one day shy of the 45th anniversary of this death – Petty Officer Billy Carter Semones was finally given a proper memorial. Semones was 28 when he was lost at sea while serving aboard the submarine USS Henry Clay at the height
As many middle-class Americans struggle to improve their monthly savings habits, families of military professionals and federal employees have bucked the trend by significantly increasing the dollars they put away for the future.
The president recently signed into law the Military Spouses Residency Relief Act (MSRRA), which among other things, provides that when a service member leaves his or her home state in accord with military or naval orders, the service member's spouse
Nearly six years after Vicky Rollins and other volunteers sent the first six packages to soldiers in Iraq, the First Command Package Brigade has been officially designated a charitable organization, as outlined in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
When retired Naval Submarine Commander David Mackovjak dipped the front tire of his bicycle into the Atlantic Ocean in Virginia Beach, Va., he wasn’t alone. Next to him, 17-year-old twins James and John joined their father for the symbolic gesture –
Andy Cayton spent 22 years in the Army, including more than a decade as a helicopter pilot in the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment — also known as the Night Stalkers — when he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, an extremely rare