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3 Things to Do in the New Year: Financial Edition

This article was provided by our SOF for Life partners at AAFMAA. The New Year is always filled with resolutions of things we wish we had done better in the last year. Go to the gym more, save more money, be more organized, so on and so forth. Military Family Advisory Network (MFAN) reports that …

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It’s here! The new Global SOF User Portal

This week, the Global SOF Foundation transitioned to a new Association Management Software (AMS), which is where you will access many SOF for Life features. This isn’t the first time that we’ve changed systems, so we want to be as transparent as possible and tell you why and what impact it will have on YOU: …

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Getting the Right Disability Compensation for YOU…and your Dependents

VA Disability Compensation Recipients: When was the last time you logged into eBenefits and checked to ensure your dependents appear on your current disability award? I want to start this by saying that I am not an expert in how the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) works. I am just a veteran trying to …

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The Honor Foundation adds a Virtual Course

The Global SOF Foundation (GSF) jointly hosted the inaugural Modern Warfare Symposium and Expo at the Iron Mike Conference Center on Fort Bragg last month. Following the two-day event, we supported a SOF for Life transition seminar hosted by Joe Musselman of The Honor Foundation (THF). I have participated in a few of these, and to be …

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Checking in with Chuck: The Road to Retirement

It has been a whirlwind month of interning with GSF starting with the SOFIC pre-game, AKA, the Annual GSF Tampa Reception. It was great to witness the level of team work and execution that is the hallmark of TEAM-GSF. I won’t bore you with the details of the extensive planning involved in making sure an …

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Getting the Facts through the SOF for Life Survey

By Stu Bradin, GSF President and CEO If you do nothing else after reading this, click on the link below and take the SOF for Life survey – we need more former Special Operations Forces (SOF), especially NCOs, to provide input on their experience when they transitioned from active duty. Take the Survey: http://bit.ly/SOFforLife_Survey To my knowledge, there …

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Sneak Peak at SOF for Life Survey Results

SOF for Life is an important tenant of the Global SOF Foundation—it embodies our mission to create a network of Special Operations Forces (SOF) by keeping members of the community in the fold beyond their active duty careers. If you aren’t familiar with SOF for Life, it’s a program comprised of offerings from three partnered non-profit organizations: …

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Know your Worth when you Transition

By COL (Ret.) Stu Bradin and Dr. Keenan Yoho ————— One of the great things about working for the Global SOF Foundation (GSF) is we get to help Special Operations Forces (SOF) every day. There are a lot of activities that support global SOF but one area that is beginning to pick up steam is …

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