The FLEC recognizes the unique financial circumstances that servicemembers, veterans, and military families face and the need for consumer protections to ensure their financial readiness.
Office of Military Compensation and Financial Readiness
The Department of War (DoW) Financial Readiness (FINRED) program, under the Office of Military Compensation and Financial Readiness (MC&FR), helps Service members and their families become informed military consumers by providing resources on military-specific consumer protections, including the Military Lending Act (MLA) and Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA). MC&FR also offers the Military Compensation Education Campaign (MCEC) to help the military community better understand the full value of military compensation and benefits, empowering them to make informed financial decisions and strengthen their financial well-being.
Military Consumer
Military Consumer seeks to empower active duty and retired servicemembers, military families, veterans and civilians in the military community. The website has free resources to help protect servicemembers, veterans, and their families against scams and make better-informed decisions when managing their money.
Federal Trade Commission
Military servicemembers, veterans, and their families sacrifice a lot to keep our country safe. In the spirit of protecting those who’ve served, the Federal Trade Commission offers tools with practical advice to help servicemembers and their loved ones, spot, avoid, and report scams.
MilLife Learning
The Military One Source MilLife Learning website has self-directed courses and useful information on quality-of-life topics for military families and service providers who support them. Topics cover financial readiness, saving, spending, understanding consumer credit, investing, and much more.
Office of Servicemember Affairs
The CFPB’s Office of Servicemember Affairs helps servicemembers, veterans and military families navigate the unique financial challenges of service through financial resources, monitoring complaints, and holding companies accountable.
