Posted on Dec 5, 2014
What is the best course of action for the extra money from a deployment?
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Soldiers (Officers/NCOs/Junior Enlisted) consistently blow large amounts of money when they get home from a deployment, because they think they owe it to themselves. I have my ideas on what to do/not do with the extra money from deployments, but I would like more ideas to share with the soldiers that I am currently deployed with.
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Bank or invest most of it, LTC (Join to see), then go out and have a good time or buy yourself that big screen TV you've been wanting with what's left over. You'll be glad you did!
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Enotions speak oftentimes more than logic upon returning from deployment. Unless one takes his time before returning, sets aside a sum that he will spend without regret, the binge-spending will continue.
I was tempted to do the same after my first deployment, but glad that I conducted a self-assessment on pre-setting my limits on concert and a restaurant and that's it while watching my counterparts blow it all away
I was tempted to do the same after my first deployment, but glad that I conducted a self-assessment on pre-setting my limits on concert and a restaurant and that's it while watching my counterparts blow it all away
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Save/invest it for after they ETS. It will ease the transition if they have something to fall back on, I know it did for me.
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