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The head of a new office created to shield military service members from predatory lenders, in her first official move, urged the nation's largest banks to comply with a federal law meant to protect active-duty military members from high interest rates and foreclosures.

Watchdog Urges Banks to Protect Service Members Maya Jackson Randall 2011

From 1999 to 2008, first-time diagnoses of osteoarthritis were recorded in active-duty service members from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps.

Military Members at Risk for Joint Problems Ann Lukits 2011

"Average Joe, nobody special -- even my situation isn't special," Collette's father told local news KTVZ, despite his son's status as an active-duty member of the military.

JPMorgan Chase Repurchases Soldier's Home Same Day He Returns From Iraq 2011

In the letter sent this week, Mrs. Petraeus reminds bank officials that federal law generally limits loans for active-duty service members to annualized interest rates of no more than 6%, including rates on credit cards and mortgages.

Watchdog Urges Banks to Protect Service Members Maya Jackson Randall 2011

Likewise, JPMorgan Chase will pay $27 million in reparations for overcharging around 6,000 active-duty military personnel on their mortgages, according to Businessweek.

JPMorgan Chase Repurchases Soldier's Home Same Day He Returns From Iraq 2011

The Justice Department recently agreed to a $22 million settlement with a unit of Bank of America and Saxon Mortgage Services, a division of Morgan Stanley, to provide relief for more than 170 active-duty service members who were victims of improper foreclosure proceedings.

JPMorgan Chase Repurchases Soldier's Home Same Day He Returns From Iraq 2011

Surveys of active-duty and reserve-component spouses in 2008 included questions regarding military children.

Impact of Deployments on Children - SpouseBUZZ 2009

Most states will allow you to keep your license from your state of residence, as long as the active-duty military member maintains their state of residence there.

Military Spouse Residency Relief Act - SpouseBUZZ 2009

Children of active-duty servicemembers showed a 36 percent decline in academic performance, a number that was matched in increased behavioral issues at school, according to the survey.

Impact of Deployments on Children - SpouseBUZZ 2009

Under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, active-duty soldiers are protected against foreclosure unless it is court-ordered, but Collette's case would seem to imply that a parent's foreclosure is not covered.

JPMorgan Chase Repurchases Soldier's Home Same Day He Returns From Iraq 2011