On October 25, 1946, Great Falls U.S. Employees Federal Credit Union received an Approval of Organization Certificate to operate as a Federal Credit Union serving Federal employees in Cascade County, Montana. This original field of membership was expanded in 1971 to include U.S. Government employees who worked in Chouteau, Liberty, Pondera, and Teton Counties in Montana, not far from Great Falls. A further field of membership expansion took place in 1978 which allowed “members of immediate families” to become eligible to establish membership with the credit union too. In 1982 after a merger with M.A.N.G. Federal Credit Union, our name was changed to G.F.G.E. Federal Credit Union, and our field of membership expanded once again. The merger opened membership to military and civilian personnel of the Montana Air National Guard, Montana Army National Guard, along with the U.S. Army and Navy Reserve.