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    For Single Military Women Only: 10 Easy-Breezy Retirement Tips
    For Single Military Women Only: 10 Easy-Breezy Retirement Tips
    For Single Military Women Only: 10 Easy-Breezy Retirement Tips
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    For Single Military Women Only: 10 Easy-Breezy Retirement Tips

    By Selena Brown

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    How to retire from active duty and live comfortably off your military retirement pay with no need for even a part-time job. In other words, how to be fully retired/no job required after active duty.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSelena Brown
    Release dateDec 24, 2012
    ISBN9781301157259
    For Single Military Women Only: 10 Easy-Breezy Retirement Tips
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    Selena Brown

    Selena Brown is a happy-go-lucky, free-spirited sista who joined the Army in 1984 at the age of 17 while she was still a senior in high school. 21 years later, in 2005, she retired as a Sergeant First Class (SFC)/E-7 at the age of 39.She currently enjoys every minute of her military retirement by reading, writing free e-books, volunteering, mentoring, tutoring (algebra), mastering the fine art of doing something close to nothing, watching cartoons and reruns of Scrubs (best TV show ever!), spending quality time with family and friends, traveling, cruising, visiting animal sanctuaries, running, hiking, playing tennis and badminton, and singing (horribly and off-key) on 30-day road trips.Her 3 Simple Rules For a Happier Life:Rule #1: Misery dipped in chocolate is still misery.Rule #2: Don't spend money you don't have, to buy things you don't need, to impress people you don't like.Rule #3: Having money doesn't make you happy; having enough money is what truly makes you happy.

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      For Single Military Women Only - Selena Brown

      Introduction

      Since retiring from the Army in 2005, I have lived exclusively and quite comfortably off my E-7 military retirement pay with no need for even a part-time job. So, I decided to write this free e-book briefly explaining how it's done. As you will see, it's actually quite simple.

      By employing most if not all of the following 10 tips, you can immediately start saving yourself $100 - $200 each and every month. Although anyone can use these 10 tips, they're written specifically for military women (happily single or happily divorced with no children, no mortgages, and little to no debt) who will be retiring from the active duty military within the next five to seven years.

      TIP #1: File a New W-4 Now

      If you received a federal tax refund of $500 or more this year, then you should probably stop claiming S-0 (single with zero allowances; the zero does not

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