Thanks to @Jonathan for building out the forums!
As Choose FI has done over the years, this is intended for military families of any country to ask questions and share knowledge.
For those of you I haven't met yet, I served for 20 years of active duty in the U.S. Navy’s submarine force and retired in 2002 at the age of 41. My spouse is a retired Navy Reservist. We reached financial independence in 1999 on a high savings rate. We’ve lived in Hawaii for over 36 years, and our daughter Carol was born & raised on Oahu. I spend my time on surfing, grandparenting, slow travel, writing, public speaking, reading, home improvement, personal-finance meetups, and more surfing. I donate all of my writing and speaking revenue to military-friendly charities because... it's the right thing to do with our financial independence.
I've published “The Military Guide To Financial Independence And Retirement.” Carol and I wrote "Raising Your Money-Savvy Family For Next Generation Financial Independence" through Choose FI Media.
Carol joined the Navy on a ROTC scholarship. She’s been stationed around the world on a destroyer and an aircraft carrier before moving to the Reserves and finishing her service obligation. She and her active-duty spouse reached their own financial independence on a high savings rate, and they’re raising their own money-savvy family! Our five-year-old granddaughter is the daughter we've warned our daughter about for decades.
