This guide maps the entire military financial life cycle, including the following topics: financial basics, military compensation, budgeting, banking basics, managing credit, buying a home, insurance, saving for college, retirement, deployment readiness, service related benefits, and additional resources for military service members.

The Blended Retirement System came into full effect. This new system reflects DoD’s support for retirement savings by offering automatic and matching contributions to a tax-deferred account and will now extend these retirement benefits for all service members. This is an added benefit for junior service members and for those who separate before serving 20 years. Current military members must choose to permanently “opt-in” to the new system or automatically remain in the current system. This means there are some big personal decisions on the financial horizon.

CAC Scan is an Android application that scans the barcode on a CAC card and decodes that information. The information that the App is able to retrieve from the CAC card includes the ID type, social security number, EDIPI, first name, last name, middle initial, and rank.

Service members may face barriers when requesting and retaining protections afforded to them by the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA).

The AFFN Network gives Scott Credit Union members access to ATMs all around the globe. There are more than 800,000 ATMs and more than 2.3 million merchant locations worldwide.

Due to our deep-rooted history with Scott Air Force Base, we have a very large involvement in numerous community events on and around the base.

We’re a proud member of the Scott Patriot Program. The program is aimed at ensuring that those local businesses and communities that are providing support to our friends at Scott Air Force Base and their families are recognized as military friendly, while also growing the level of support the base receives from other area businesses.

The Institute for Veterans and Military Families in collaboration with Student Veterans of America are asking for all military servicemembers to participate in a survey about your service and post-service experiences, challenges, and recommendations as they relate to education and successful transition.

A program created to help identify financial institutions who can provide veterans safe, reliable, and inexpensive ways to receive and manage their VA monetary benefits.