It's no secret that Clark has a lot of respect for the men and women in our all-volunteer military. He's particularly touched when strangers at the airport spontaneously applaud personnel returning home from foreign theaters of war. Whether you agree or disagree with the Iraq situation, Clark thinks people learned have learned from the mistakes of Vietnam when people were awful to the returning soldiers.

Kiplinger reports that six years into our latest Middle East foray, we still have companies that are not following laws designed to protect the military in the marketplace. For example, one cell phone company put a soldier into collections and ruined his credit while he was deployed overseas. The soldier should have been granted a military suspension. Similar situations have popped up with car leases, apartment leases and more.

Clark has compiled a military manual to help get you financially prepped if you're enlisted. You can also check Military.com for further information.

These rules are not meant to cheat private enterprise out of the money they're owed. Rather, these rules are designed to protect our brave volunteer military. If you're a company not following the law because of ignorance, here's your chance to learn about it. If you knowingly choose to ignore the law, shame on you.