#13 Maximize Your Deployment Investing: Healthier, Wealthier, and Wiser
Military deployments can be tough. Usually the "98% boredom, 2% sheer terror" rule applies. Learn how to maximize your military money in the The MIlitary Money Manual: A Practical Guide to Financial Freedom
If you have downtime on a deployment, you can grow not just your net worth, but your health, fitness, and knowledge as well.
A military deployment gives you the unique opportunity to increase your income and decrease your expenses to near zero. You can achieve 90%+ savings rates and make huge improvements to your financial situation.
Debt repayment, maxing out your Roth retirement accounts, and saving for financial independence are all possible on a military deployment.
If you have down time while your deployed, take the time to educate yourself through good podcasts, books, and articles. Come up with a plan and execute it with ferocity.
Pay down your debts, build your investment portfolio, and leave your deployment in a better position than when you started.
Military deployment articles:
- $50,000 Deployment Savings Challenge
- Traditional IRA to Roth IRA Conversion on Military Deployment
- Saving and Investing on a Military Deployment
- 8 Ways to Save Money on a Military Deployment
- Military Personal Finance Flowchart
- Savings Deposit Program: 10% Return Savings Account on a Military Deployment
