Financial Pressures on Military Families

• The number of military families seeking emergency assistance from a military charity doubled in the first few months of 2007.
  
  
• Active-duty military personnel are three times more likely than civilians to have taken out a "payday loan"—a cash advance on the borrower's next paycheck.
  
  
• The number of military families seeking emergency assistance from a military charity doubled in the first few months of 2007.
  
  
• Payday loans and other high-interest loans often leave the service member with enormous debt, family problems and a tarnished career, according to the Department of Defense.
  
  
• The number of military families seeking emergency assistance from a military charity doubled in the first few months of 2007.
  
  
• Three in 10 active-duty military families reported having trouble paying bills in the previous year, according to a 2004 survey.
  
  
• The number of military families seeking emergency assistance from a military charity doubled in the first few months of 2007.
  
  
• More than 1 in 5 active-duty military families had to apply for food stamps or Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) aid from the government.
  
  
• The number of military families seeking emergency assistance from a military charity doubled in the first few months of 2007.
  
  
• Approximately 16,000 active duty members of the U.S. military file for bankruptcy each year.