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2021 Military Pay Dates and Early Pay USAA & NFCU

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When is the Next Military Pay Date?

While active duty military pay dates are the 1st and the 15th of each month, when the 1st or 15th falls on a weekend, the pay date shifts slightly as you will see in 2021 Active Duty Military Pay Dates chart below.

One of the perks of using a bank like USAA or Navy Federal Credit Union (NFCU) is the ability to have your pay check funds available early. Typically the early pay date is one business day before the regular pay day, but when the regular pay day falls on a Monday, NFCU members receive their early pay on Saturday and USAA members receive their early pay the Friday before.

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Dear Military Spouse, What You Do Is Important

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Dear Military Spouse,

Don’t ever downgrade the importance of your role behind the scenes of keeping the home fires burning. What you do in the day to day…what can seem so mundane, is like a puzzle made of pieces of tiny little efforts that keep your family going and your spouse able to do what he is called to do.

I have been the world’s worst for grumbling about wiping butts, folding clothes, and washing dishes. I have felt the frustration of feeling like all I do is keep a house clean…and it’s still not clean. But when I erase the words “all I do” from those thoughts and realize that THOSE things play a vital role in the well being of my family, I realize the importance of the “mundane.”

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Meal Planning Made Easy for Your Military Family

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I never knew how much of my adult life would be spent on trying to think about what to eat or what to feed my family.

Have you ever gotten to the evening and thought to your self, “Why do they want dinner every single night?” I definitely have and it is exhausting. The cycle of deciding what to feed a group of people on the spot is draining. Multiply that feeling by three meals a day, add in snacks, and we have an equation for food fatigue.

The only cure I have found for this specific exhaustion is meal planning. A little planning upfront saves a ton of frustration during the week. Especially with kids in activities and crazy work shifts, it’s nice to know what’s for dinner every day.

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