Scott Spiker

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  Sequester Strikes Military Families as Pentagon Makes Budget Cuts

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  March 26, 2013

  As Congress grapples with $85 billion in sequester cuts, the Pentagon is slashing its budget, and service members and their families are making cuts of their own.

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  Fiscal Cliff Deal Kicks Military Families’ Concerns Down the Road

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  January 10, 2013

  The feelings of stress and fear that military families reported feeling ahead of a decision on the fiscal cliff and sequestration have only been extended, not assuaged, by the deal passed on Jan. 1, First Command reported Monday.

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  Fiscal Cliff, Sequestration Major Concern for Military

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  December 19, 2012

  Military families' worries about fiscal cliff talks are immediate and hard-hitting: cuts in retirement benefits and increases in health care costs will kick in should sequestration occur.

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  Financial Savvy Benefits Military Families: Survey

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  March 26, 2012

  A financial literacy test and survey commissioned by First Command found that, perhaps not surprisingly, a high level of financial knowledge is associated with feelings of emotional well-being among middle-class military families.