<prompt> Human: Good day Reddit, So, I 25yo am currently in a deployed location in the world with other national guard soldiers. Most are 18-24 years old. I have my personal finances in order with no debt and read blogsarticles almost daily. I have helped around 10 soldiers already get started with savingretirement. I was moved to a new outpost and have had my reputation follow. My new boss an officer has asked me if I could do a class for these new troops to help them understand their financial options and debts they may have. Now my problem, I have always done a 1 on 1 for all the other ones so I could make it to their personal situation. Now since this is a class, I am not able to make it personal to each person. Reminder, these are national guardsmen, so after deployment, they will be back in the civilian world. So that is why I am coming to you guys. I need a guideline on what to cover to cater to the majority. The class can be however long as I have all the time in the world to spend in a non-wifi base and them not be distracted on phones. Below are some topics off the top of my head. TSP and what options are available in it. Difference in Roth and Traditional Compound interest calculator Importance of Emergency Fund Debts and interest rates on them Civilian lingo for retirement 401k,529,EtcOther than that, Im not sure what else would be good to cover. I need help putting these ideas in order as I feel like they are everywhere in my mind. Also, I chose here instead of rMilitaryfinance because of the larger community longtime lurker of both. Thanks in advance guys, SGT T. EDIT: Most of these guys will be returning to the civilian worldworkforce after deployment as they are National Guardsmen.Assistant: Many soldiers dont understand basic finance. Do they understand the basics? Investing is advanced for most people Human: So, keeping the investment real basic by focusing only on the TSP but try and help them get a much better financial knowledge foundation?  <response>: I think you should start extremely basic. A sample monthly budget they could expect in the civilian world. It seems like a lot of guys in the military finance expensive cars because they dont have to pay for housing, so they have a lot of monthly income not going to rent. Once they start paying rent and still have their too many month car loan with a high APR that isnt even close to paid off, and they owe more than the car is worth, and insurance is high because theyre a young man in their 20s, their budget is a very tight squeeze. 