Supervise the Implementation of Financial Readiness Actions Flashcards
DEERS
Defense Eligibility Enrollment System
Those eligible for a family member ID card are:
- Spouse
- Children age 10 and older
- Children under age 10 if Soldier is a sole parent, divorced, or both parents are in the Army
- Dependent parents
Army Community Services (ACS) assist in 5 major areas:
- Deployment/Mobilization and Stability and support operations readiness
- Soldier and Family Readiness
- Relocation Readiness
- Employment Readiness
- Financial Readiness
___ is an Army sponsored fund relying on contributions and dedicated to taking care of Soldiers and their families.
Army Emergency Relief (AER)
___ is a comprehensive network of support and leisure services designed to enhance the lives of Soldiers and their families. Trips, movies, pools,
Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR)
5 Army Family Resources
- Army Community Services
- Army Emergency Relief- grants, scholarships
- Morale, Welfare, and Recreation
- Family Housing (on base housing)
- Legal Assistance Office (cannot represent you in court)- wills, tax assistance, employment.
SERVICE MEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF ACT OF 2003
-get out of leases, debts, when deployed
Other available assistance and resources OUTSIDE the Army:
- Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
- American Red Cross
- Army Retirement Services
- Social Security Administration- disability and survivor benefits
___ provides health care options for family members and retirees.
TRICARE
3 TRICARE plans:
- TRICARE Prime- no cost share, no CHAMPUS deductible
- TRICARE Extra- reduced cost shares, with CHAMPUS deductible
- TRICARE Standard- most freedom of choice
DFAS (pay)
The Defense Finance and Accounting Service
12 Sections of Leave and Earnings Statement
- ID Section- pay, years of service, ETS
- Entitlements Section (BAH, Base pay)
- Deductions Section (Fed taxes, SGLI, medicare)
- Allotments Section (optional, savings, spouses account)
- Summary Section (totals everything above)
- Leave Section
- Federal Taxes Section
- Federal Income Contribution Act Section (FICA)
- State Taxes Section
- Pay Data Section
- Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) Section
- Remarks Section
Section contains Pay date, years of service, and ETS (LES)
ID Section
Section lists the specific types of military pay a soldier is entitled (eg. BAH) (LES)
Entitlements Section
Section includes Fed Taxes, FICA, Medicare (LES)
Deductions Section
lists specific deductions the soldier has authorized to be paid to a designated payee such as AER , Tricare dental (LES)
Allotments Section