I. Introduction
A. Preparing for a military deployment can be hectic and stressful. A prolonged separation from friends and family isn't easy to handle. On top of the emotional concerns a service member must contend with, are the soldier’s financial needs. While deployed, military personnel are still responsible for financial commitments back home. This can include everything from rental or mortgage payments to credit card debt to utilities. If the service member doesn't plan for these commitments, he or she could accrue significant debt while away from home.
B. service members suffer through post-deployment financial hardship due to poor pre-deployment financial planning and preparation.
C. In this speech I’m going to: 1. Identify the problem 2. Point out the cause 3. Discuss the solution
II. Body of speech A. Soldiers comes home from a deployment only to find themselves in significant debt that has accumulated while they were away.
1. In the United States, the government provides limited financial protection to members of the military who are on active duty. But in many cases, service members need to be aware of these protections to take advantage of them. Whether you have a wide network of friends and family members to help you maintain your finances while you're gone or even if you just have a few trusted people close to you, you need to put some thought into your finances before leaving.
2. Most of the young soldiers put their trust in someone they consider a significant other like girlfriends or boyfriends who they have newly met or even an unreliable family member or a neighbor to have full control over their financial affairs while they’re away.
B. what creates post-deployment financial hardship is:
1. An essential element of soldiers’ pre-deployment planning, which most of soldiers overlook, is to ensure that their