As a Navy veteran that served on a Special Operations Gunboat Crew I will be the first to say that I would be less than impressed if one of my shipmates said to me, "I didn't sign up for this?

My youngest son spent a semester at Kent State (now a Navy SeaBee), another son graduated from Miami of Ohio, and a nephew is currently attending Ohio State. 

I am currently active duty Navy and how about 8 years left till retirement but would like to get myself moving on becoming financially free. 

I went through an agent and talked to Navy Federal about Refinancing options.

I used Navy Federal Credit Union for my investment property HELOC. 

Navy said I had to move to the Pacific NW. 

It is home to two casinos, Electric Boat, a Navy Sub Base, and a National Guard Base, so the potential for future renters is promising. 

My husband is active duty in the Navy.

We painted the interior, added backsplash in kitchen, laminate floor in BR's, changed some light fixtures, and faucets.Contractor solved the surface water that plagued the foundation- added french drains, graded exterior, replaced the rotted gutter system, and new vapor barrier to crawl space.

@Jo Weiss, there a few national credit unions that do HELOCs on investment properties: Pen Fed & Navy Federal.