Garret Kensington Messner

Employer firm

First Command Advisory Services CRD 281958

$24.4B regulatory AUM 1,013 advisory clients

Reported services (Item 5G)

Financial planning
Portfolio management (individuals)

From the firm’s Form ADV. Read the guides:

Current Employers

First Command Advisory Services

1 Firstcomm Plaza, Fort Worth, TX 76109 • United States

Current Registrations

Authority	Category	Status	Date
NC	RA	APPROVED	2022-09-21
GA	RA	APPROVED	2020-07-30
TX	RA	APPROVED	2020-03-10

NC RA
APPROVED

Since 2022-09-21
GA RA
APPROVED

Since 2020-07-30
TX RA
APPROVED

Since 2020-03-10

Branch Locations

1 Firstcomm Plaza, Fort Worth, TX 76109 • United States

2153 Valleygate Drive Suite 201, Fayetteville, NC 28304 • United States

Fayetteville, NC • United States

Disclosures

No disclosure categories reported as “Yes” on this SEC record.

Regulatory action No
Criminal No
Bankruptcy No
Civil judicial No
Bond No
Judgment / lien No
Investigation No
Customer complaint No
Termination No

Employment History

Organization	City	State	From	To
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University	Daytona Beach	FL	01/2014	Present
First Command Financial Planning, Inc	Fort Worth	TX	10/2015	Present
First Command Insurance Services, Inc	Fort Worth	TX	10/2015	Present
First Command Advisory Services	Fort Worth	TX	12/2015	Present

01/2014 → Present

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Daytona Beach, FL
10/2015 → Present

First Command Financial Planning, Inc

Fort Worth, TX
10/2015 → Present

First Command Insurance Services, Inc

Fort Worth, TX
12/2015 → Present

First Command Advisory Services

Fort Worth, TX

Other Businesses

(1) Name of the other business: EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY ; Whether the business is investment-related: No ; Address of the other business: 600 South Clyde Morris Blvd Daytona Beach, FL 32114 ; Nature of the other business: Higher Education Institution ; Your position, title, or relationship with the other business: Adjunct Professor ; The start date of your relationship: 08/01/2015 ; The approximate number of hours/month you devote to the other business: <5% ; The number of hours you devote to the other business during securities trading hours: 3/week ; Briefly describe your duties relating to the other business: Instruct National Security Courses (2) Name of the other business: Kensington Associates, LLC ; Whether the business is investment-related: Yes ; Address of the other business: 232 12th Street, Suite 204 Columbus, Ga 31901 ; Nature of the other business: Owner/Sole/Partner ; Your position, title, or relationship with the other business: President ; The start date of your relationship: 5/1/2020 ; The approximate number of hours/month you devote to the other business: 1 - 5 ; The number of hours you devote to the other business during securities trading hours: 1 - 5 ; Briefly describe your duties relating to the other business: Kensington Associates LLC is the legal entity that I use to run my financial planning business. (3) Name of the other business: M&M Liberty Group, LLC ; Whether the business is investment-related: No ; Address of the other business: 2153 Valleygate Drive, Suite 201 Fayetteville, NC 28304 ; Nature of the other business: Owner/Sole/Partner ; Your position, title, or relationship with the other business: Principal ; The start date of your relationship: 5/18/2023 ; The approximate number of hours/month you devote to the other business: 1 to 5 ; The number of hours you devote to the other business during securities trading hours: 1 to 5 ; Briefly describe your duties relating to the other business: M&M Liberty Group LLC is the legal entity that I use to run the building where I conduct my financial planning business.