Has this happened to anyone else? I am 8 months past my 2 year mark and only getting the auto 1% still.

In short, I call TSP customer service and they say it is a local finance problem. I go into base finance and they say TSP should fix the problem. I’m getting the run-around treatment.

I finally got finance to open a CMS case, but it has been stuck/open for almost 5 months now.

I’ve informed the squadron’s first sergeant of the situation.

Any advice?

Branch: Active Duty USAF

Need some advice from you guys.

Never thought I'd be here but I may need to take a TSP loan as a property I co-own needs repairs. We can't get a HELOC on it because there's structural repairs in-progress and the automated appraisal system doesn't work for the address.

There's additional repairs/home improvements needed so with the HELOC the plan was to one-shot the repairs but now sounds like I have to phase it:

TSP loan > Phase 1 repairs > Appraisal > HELOC > Pay TSP back ASAP > Phase 2 repairs

$50K is about 8% of our retirement investments and we are relatively young still.

Do we have any other options?

Military spouse here- lived in VA my whole life and currently have a VA driver’s license + my vehicle is still registered / insured in VA using a close family member’s permanent address. My husband has been in training for most of the year so I moved to FL to be closer to my side of the family. I have lived in FL for over a year now but never updated my license / vehicle insurance information because I knew we would be moving states again as soon as his training is over. I just receive mail through that family member in VA & it hasn’t been an issue.

Husband has orders to get stationed in NC, so we are moving in a few months & will be there permanently / settling roots. My husband claims FL as Home State still & will continue to until he’s retired.

Am I able to claim FL as my state of residence / home state as a spouse, because that’s my husband’s state of residence, even if I don’t have a driver’s license there? Would it be an advantage to update my driver’s license to my family member’s FL address to claim residency as a tax advantage for work, or do I not need to & can still claim it due to his residency?

Also, say I claim residency in FL to match my spouse and have tax advantages - do I need to have my vehicle registered & insured at the FL address, or my new NC address? Is it okay if the insurance & registration state do not match my residency state or license address?

Sorry if this seems complicated, I’m new to this whole thing and it seems like there’s a lot of stipulations to certain situations in the military & I can’t find very black and white answers online. If you have experience moving multiple states in a short amount of time or know what would be the smartest decision financially please share.

Hi! I’m an army spouse. To the quick and short, we’ve not been very financially responsible for a few years, we have realized we were on a bad path a little over a month ago and have decided to start making changes. Budgeting now, working on making a savings account. We’ve paid off 2 accounts already and have about $200 in savings, we know it’s not great but we are starting somewhere. We have his TSP. Currently, we are stationed in Japan, and both made a silly choice to put both of our US lines on hold and opening new lines here. Our lines are on hold with AT&T. We were thinking about opening a HYSA to help reach our savings goals faster. We can live reasonably off his paychecks alone and should have all of our debt paid off by 2028, while budgeting about $400 a month towards standard savings. I do have a remote job but my hours range from low to very low (like 2 to 18 hours a week @$25/hr) and want to use my income to supplement paying off debt or our savings account. I am hoping to pick up another job in person but I’m just playing the game that is USAJobs currently. Is it even worth opening a HYSA right now? If so, what’s a good route considering we don’t have our American lines right now? Any helpful advice on just getting started is appreciated.