How to Money · Wednesday, July 1, 2026
Lacey Langford points out that frequent military moves contribute to underemployment among military spouses, creating financial instability. This can make it difficult for families to meet obligations like car payments if a spouse's income is lost or reduced upon relocation.
“with transition, for example, comes the problem with and underemployment with military spouses, and so it's difficult for there to be two incomes or two steady incomes as a family in the military.”
“But there is this problem with an underemployment, which impacts the budget and a lot of times people get in the habit of let's say, for example, on your car payment. If your car payment is dependent on the military spouse working and you get orders and you move and they lose their job, then you're not able to make that car payment.”