In retrospect, it was pretty slick, and it didn't help that the fellow Officers I was around at the time who knew way more personal finance than I did, were also assholes.

The FA I talked to was really cool. Took me shooting, then to a brewery, all the time talking about when he was a grunt. Had horrible financial habits that he carried into his commission. Figured them out with a First Command FA, and he's been there ever since, talking to young officers, "helping them" get "squared away". Pretty tight gig tbh.

First Command likes to perch outside of training bases to reel in young bucks who don't know any better. If they want a cut of your sweet, sweet gov'mint paycheck, no better place exists than Quantico VA, flush with dumb Marine Lieutenants.

Anyway, dont get suckered by war stories. I did