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.

Clark frequently opens his show by telling listeners that his purpose is to be of service to them. But have you ever wondered how you can be of service to others? Clark is a big believer in joining our nation's homeland security effort by signing up for state guard service. These are voluntary military units under the service of the governor in 27 of the 50 states. Like many people, Clark had never heard of state guards before a guardsman told him about them in the wake of 9/11. Now he's been active in the Georgia State Defense Force for about six years and has become a captain. Prior military experience is usually not necessary.

Different states operate their defense forces in different ways. Some train with the National Guard, while others don't. Some carry weapons and some don't. In case you're wondering, Clark doesn't carry a weapon! There's no pay for this work, but it really can enrich your life. Clark has been trained on search and rescue, medivac and community support in the event of a disaster. He had the privilege to serve his fellow citizens doing medivac during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Now he's just completed his annual training this past weekend and he's totally pumped about the experience. Volunteering for Georgia's State Defense Force is his way to stand up in an era when foreign enemies want to destroy us. Check out Clark's defense force guide for more information about state guards across the country.

There is an unpatriotic segment of the population that has been thriving by ripping off members of our military with usurious loans. Clark thinks it's disgusting that the soldiers who lay their lives on the line for our freedom are being taken advantage of by scum. This issue directly impacts our national security when military personnel can't deploy because they're burdened by mountains of debt and can't get security clearance. Some of these locust payday lenders have been stationing themselves outside of military posts and making loans with interest rates beginning at 390 percent! Many military recruits have fallen for this because they're young and not sophisticated in the ways of finance. Congress previously outlawed these sickening loan practices, but only now has the Pentagon formalized rules to protect the young men and women in our military. It is now a federal crime for a payday lender to rip off a soldier. The rules also extend to loans offered to the spouses of soldiers. Other provisions of the new rules ensure that soldiers will soon have access on their posts to financial advice 24/7 and extra low-cost loans.