The Military Guide to Financial Independence and Retirement

This book provides service members, veterans, and their families with a critical roadmap for becoming financially independent prior to committing themselves to full-time retirement. It outlines how retiring military personnel in their early 40s can become happily semi-retired. Emphasizing the importance of family, lifestyle, and bridge careers, the book shows how to build a sound financial house based upon military benefits, savings, frugal living, and investing in oneself. Includes examples, checklists, websites, and appendices.

"Helping military members and their families achieve financial independence and a successful retirement."

Author's royalties are donated to military charities.

Retired at age 41 after 20 years with the U.S. Navy's submarine force, today Doug Nordman is an enthusiastic surfer, an omnivorous reader, a martial arts student, and a veteran of many chaotic home-improvement projects. He and his retired Navy Reserve spouse are raising a teenager in Hawaii. Life is really good and busier than ever as he and his family continue to discover the joys of early retirement.

Read more about early retirement on Doug's website, The-Military-Guide.com, or join thousands of other early retirees at Early-Retirement.org. Your stories can help write the next edition of the book!