Altus AFB set for Military Saves Week

Photo By Tech. Sgt. Franklin Ramos | U.S. Air Force Col. Bill Spangenthal, 97th Air Mobility Wing commander, signs a proclamation inside his office Feb. 20, 2015. Spangenthal signed the proclamation in support of Military Saves Week, a Department of Defense-sponsored campaign for service members, their families and DOD civilians to learn about healthy financial decisions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Franklin R. Ramos/Released)  

ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, OK, UNITED STATES

02.20.2015

Story by Senior Airman Franklin Ramos 

97th Air Mobility Wing

ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. – Altus AFB is participating in Military Saves Week from Feb. 23 – 27, 2015.

Military Saves Week is a Department of Defense-sponsored campaign for service members, their families and DoD civilians to learn about healthy financial habits that promote better savings behavior.

“Military Saves Week is a campaign that really focuses on financial readiness of military members and their families to help reduce debt, get financially savvy and save their hard-earned money,” said Dana Doan, 97th Force Support Squadron Airman and Family Readiness Center community readiness specialist.

The AFRC will host financial classes in cooperation with NBC Bank, the base commissary and the 97th Medical Group.

“The goal we are trying to reach is financial education; creating financial literacy is what we like to say,” said Doan. “Knowing how much money you make, where it goes, how to save it and how not to spend it.”

Classes will be held at the AFRC Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.:

• Monday, Feb. 23 - The Road to Success is Always Under Construction

• Tuesday, Feb. 24 - Set a Goal Make a Plan Save Automatically

• Wednesday, Feb. 25 - Doing More With Less

• Thursday, Feb. 26 - More Cluck For Your Buck

“Financial success doesn’t just happen, it takes hard work and attention, but I think it is achievable by everybody at all ranks and income levels,” said Doan. “I just ask people to take a look at the pledge we are offering online and that’s not a monetary pledge. It’s just a pledge saying, ‘You know what, I’m going to take a look at my finances and see how I can do better.’”

To view the pledge visit http://bit.ly/1zqzBdM .

For more information or to sign up for Military Saves Week classes, call the AFRC at 481-6761.

• Date Taken: 02.20.2015
• Date Posted: 02.20.2015 10:43
• Story ID: 154984
• Location: ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, OK, US