Financial Training Program Structure

Well-timed Training Delivery

The mandate sets forth significant time points in an individual’s service when financial instruction must be delivered, including at initial entry training, arrival at first duty station, each transfer of duty station, during leadership training, at time of investment in the Thrift Savings Plan (the military retirement plan), and upon promotion, pre-deployment, or post-deployment. Training also coincides with each servicemember’s major life events, such as marriage, divorce, birth of first child, and disabling sickness or condition.

Required Subjects Covered

The requirement to provide comprehensive military financial readiness and financial readiness training also stipulates the broad scope of subjects to be covered.

The mandate sets forth the following topics which must be offered in the instruction: