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Tools and checklists.
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Choose a tool
- Request download
Prepare a basic request
Prepare a federal interest-cap request without a balance or APR. Review and send it yourself.
- Printable checklist
Organize your accounts
Choose a bank or credit union and account type to print contact guidance and a blank checklist.
- Estimate
Estimate interest relief
Use your dates, average balance and APR to estimate possible federal interest relief.
- Guide + date helper
Check dates after service
Check the federal request deadline and separate mortgage period after service.
- Guide + date helper
Check apartment-lease dates
Review the termination rules, then check a monthly-rent lease end date.
- Checklist
Plan a military move
Review housing, vehicles, everyday services and professional licenses.
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Received orders? Start here.
A practical starting point for checking debts, leases and everyday contracts when military orders arrive.
Free PDF · No sign-up · Updated October 7, 2026
A short walkthrough
One step at a time.
Check the service on your orders
Find the authority and dates for this period of service. Guard and Reserve duty can follow different rules. Use the guide to check the exact conditions; orders alone do not settle every benefit.
Match each bill to its next step
Review credit cards and loans opened before the qualifying service period, housing and vehicle leases, and phone or other service contracts. Use the creditor or servicer named on each current statement. Each protection has its own conditions.
Prepare, review and send it yourself
For a federal interest-cap request, check your dates, write your request and add proof of service. Confirm the destination and keep a delivery record. Service not started? Use your provider's process; our request tool needs a service period that has begun.
What is changing for you?
Keep the sources with the next step.
Use the bank and credit-union directory for reviewed provider details, or the Request Route Index to examine the public instructions and download the reference data.
Orders First does not collect your orders or statements, send your request, or track a response. Your provider decides eligibility and the final adjustment.
Federal source: Justice Department financial and housing guidance. Each linked guide identifies its own sources and review dates. Checklist sources checked .