Mandatory personal finance classes for service members?

Sir, I think it's a great idea. I'm with the recruiting command, and I started scheduling a financial briefing for our Future Soldiers preparing to ship to basic training every quarter. Local institutions will do it free of charge and they would usually bring food too. I would tell them that they can't promote their institution because we can't show favoritism towards a particular company, and they were always fine with it. They would usually take a route like "If you decide to bank with us, here's my contact information". I think that's where it should start, because we are enlisting a lot of young adults who have never had their own money to manage. So I would bring someone in to give a class on balancing your account, writing checks, the difference between selecting Debit or Credit with your bank card, how to create a budget spreadsheet, different avenues of investment, etc. It could also be implemented as part of a unit's in-processing schedule for new arrivals, regardless of how long you've been in the service. I'm at 11 years and I know that I still need financial advice any time it's available!

I've seen it pop up as SST and during NCOPD.  I think it should actually be an official Army curriculum taught by SQI 8 qualified personnel; it should be added to 350-1 as initial and then refresher as needed based on command discretion.  
Ad hoc or outside agencies kill the consistency of the message and often bring agendas/POVs that are not organic to the DOD.

YES. YES. YES. I wish the military were more willing and open to requiring Financial Peace University. You may not be able to make it a requirement in the Civilian World, but that's the great thing about the military - you CAN make a class like this mandatory. And they should. So many young (and older) service members find themselves in a world of hurt in debt - payday loans, credit card debt, etc.... because they get wrapped up in the moment and don't learn any better.

I'm sure there are other Financial Classes other than FPU, but I'm happy to admit that I'm biased. FPU changed my whole life. I cannot wait to start our next class at my church in 2 more weeks. I've heard from a few soldiers at Ft Benning who might be attending. Shoot, if Ft Benning would let me come on base and facilitate it, I totally would!