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The Academy/Budget Boot Camp
Course 01 · Foundations

Budget Boot Camp

Take control of every dollar.

The foundation course, drilled until it sticks. Read your LES line by line, build a spending plan that survives real military life, kill high-interest debt in the right order, and stand up your first Emergency Savings Fund and War Chest.

~57
Lessons
17
Modules
4
Cores
Self-paced
Format
$97one-time
Lifetime access
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✓~57 video lessons across 4 cores
✓5-part course workbook
✓Annual updates as rates & laws change
✓Lifetime access · learn at your pace
✓Credit 100% toward the bundle later
Who it's for

Built for beginners and junior ranks.

  • Junior enlisted (E1–E5) getting a real handle on the paycheck
  • Junior officers (O1–O2) building good habits early
  • Military spouses running the household budget
  • Anyone who wants the fundamentals locked down before going deeper
What you'll be able to do
  • ✓Read your LES line by line and know where every dollar goes
  • ✓Build a working spending plan with the iCASH method
  • ✓Pick a debt-payoff order — avalanche or snowball — and execute it
  • ✓Stand up your Emergency Savings Fund and start a War Chest
The workbook
Cash flow analysisPersonal budgetDebt payoff planESF savings planWar Chest goal
The curriculum

4 cores. 17 modules.

Roughly ~57 short, focused lessons — 8 to 12 minutes each — sequenced in the order you actually need them. Every core ends with a workbook deliverable you keep.

Core 1

Understanding Your Military Pay

Decode military pay from the ground up: DFAS, MyPay, your LES, base pay, the BAH and BAS allowances, special pays, and the money mechanics of a PCS.

  • 1.1Welcome to the Paycheck You Didn’t Understand
  • 1.2Base Pay: Your Foundation
  • 1.3Non-Taxable Allowances: BAH and BAS
  • 1.4Special Pays, Bonuses, and Tax Advantages
  • 1.5PCS Financial Moves
Core 2

Building Your Spending Plan

Why budgets fail — and the iCASH method that doesn’t. Pay yourself first, automate, and build a plan that holds up against an irregular paycheck.

  • 2.1Why Budgets Fail
  • 2.2The iCASH Method in Practice
  • 2.3Housing: The Biggest Line Item
  • 2.4Your First Financial Plan
Core 3

Credit and Debt

How credit really works, how consumer debt keeps you poor, and a payoff plan that actually gets you to a zero balance.

  • 3.1How Credit Works
  • 3.2The Debt Trap
  • 3.3Your Debt Payoff Plan
Core 4

Saving and Building Your War Chest

The military Emergency Savings Fund, the savings order of operations, TSP basics to the 5% match, and the War Chest that creates real optionality.

  • 4.1The Emergency Savings Fund (ESF)
  • 4.2The Military Savings Order of Operations
  • 4.3TSP Basics: Your First Retirement Account
  • 4.4The War Chest
  • 4.5Savings Traps: The 529c Warning
Want the whole curriculum?

Master Military Finance — all three courses, one path.

Bundle Budget Boot Camp, Military Homebuying 101, and the School of Advanced Personal Finance for $389 instead of $591. Already bought Budget Boot Camp? Its full price credits toward the bundle.