Benefits organized by Category. Click on a Category to view the list of benefits in that Category.
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Airman Services
- Adoption Assistance
- Air Education and Training Command (AETC)
- Air Force Aid Society Merit Scholarship
- Airman and Family Readiness Center (A&FRC)
- Burial in Arlington National Cemetery
- Captive / POW / MIA Entitlements
- Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA)
- DoD Homeowners Assistance Program (HAP)
- Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR)
- Financial Readiness
- Legal Assistance Services
- Maternity
- Military Spouse Education and Career Opportunities (SECO)
- Permanent Change of Station (PCS) CONUS
- Permanent Change of Station (PCS) OCONUS
- Relocation Assistance
- Servicemembers’ Civil Relief Act (SCRA)
- Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR)
- Space-Available Travel (Space-A Travel)
- Special Compensation for Assistance with Activities of Daily Living (SCAADL)
- Suicide Prevention Program
- The Exchange
- Transferring to Space Force
- TRICARE Special Programs
- Unemployment Compensation
- Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)
- Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program
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Casualty / Survivor
- Air Force Aid Society (AFAS)
- Airman and Family Readiness Center (A&FRC)
- Burial and Memorial Benefits
- Burial in Arlington National Cemetery
- Continued Health Care Benefit Program (CHCBP)
- Continued Housing Benefits (for Survivors)
- Death Gratuity
- Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC)
- DoD Homeowners Assistance Program (HAP)
- Family Servicemembers Group Life Insurance (FSGLI)
- Federal Employee Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP)
- Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP)
- Federal Taxes on Veterans' Disability or Military Retirement Pensions
- Financial Readiness
- Fry Scholarship
- General Henry H. Arnold Education Grant
- Heroes’ Legacy Scholarship
- Legal Assistance Services
- Montgomery GI Bill (MGIB)
- Post 9/11 GI Bill
- Presidential Memorial Certificate
- Relocation Assistance
- Servicemembers Group Life Insurance (SGLI)
- Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance Traumatic Injury Protection (TSGLI)
- Social Security Lump Sum Death Benefit
- Social Security Survivor Benefits
- Special Survivor Indemnity Allowance (SSIA)
- Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP)
- Survivors’ and Dependents' Education Assistance Program (DEA)
- The HEART Act
- TRICARE Dental Program (TDP)
- TRICARE Prime
- TRICARE Special Programs
- VA Aid and Attendance (A&A) and Housebound Pension Benefits
- VA Home Loans
- VA Survivors Pension
- Veterans Group Life Insurance (VGLI)
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Education
- Advanced Civil Schooling (ACS)
- Air Education and Training Command (AETC)
- Air Force Aid Society (AFAS)
- Air Force Aid Society Merit Scholarship
- Cancellation of Federal Student Loans
- Fry Scholarship
- General Henry H. Arnold Education Grant
- Heroes’ Legacy Scholarship
- JAG Corps Student Loan Repayment Program (SLRP)
- Military Spouse Education and Career Opportunities (SECO)
- Military Tuition Assistance (MilTA)
- Montgomery GI Bill (MGIB)
- Moral, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR)
- Post 9/11 GI Bill
- Reserve Educational Assistance Program (REAP)
- Scholarships for Military Children
- School Liaison Officer
- Specialized Skills Training
- Tillman Scholars Program
- Tuition Assistance Top-Up (TATU)
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Family Services
- Adoption Assistance
- Air Force Aid Society (AFAS)
- Air Force Aid Society Merit Scholarship
- Airman and Family Readiness Center (A&FRC)
- Child and Youth Programs
- Child Care Fee Assistance Programs
- Child Development Centers (CDCs)
- Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA)
- Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA)
- Deployment and Mobilization Support
- Employment Assistance Program (EAP)
- Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP)
- Family Advocacy Programs (FAP)
- Fry Scholarship
- General Henry H. Arnold Education Grant
- Maternity
- Military OneSource
- Military Parental Leave Program (MPLP)
- Military Spouse Education and Career Opportunities (SECO)
- Military Spouse Employment Partnership Program (MSEP)
- Moral, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR)
- Scholarships for Military Children
- School Age Services and Care
- School Liaison Officer
- Servicemembers’ Civil Relief Act (SCRA)
- Special Compensation for Assistance with Activities of Daily Living (SCAADL)
- Suicide Prevention Program
- Tillman Scholars Program
- TRICARE Special Programs
- VA Caregiver Support - Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers
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Health Care & Life Insurance
- Family Servicemembers Group Life Insurance (FSGLI)
- Federal Employee Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP)
- Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP)
- Service-Disabled Veterans Insurance (S-DVI)
- Servicemembers Group Life Insurance (SGLI)
- Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance Traumatic Injury Protection (TSGLI)
- Special Compensation for Assistance with Activities of Daily Living (SCAADL)
- TRICARE Dental Program (TDP)
- TRICARE Extended Care Health Option (ECHO)
- TRICARE For Life (TFL)
- TRICARE Pharmacy
- TRICARE Prime
- TRICARE Reserve Select (TRS)
- TRICARE Retired Reserve (TRR)
- TRICARE Select
- TRICARE Special Programs
- TRICARE Young Adult (TYA)
- VA Caregiver Support - Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers
- Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Benefit Program
- Veterans Group Life Insurance (VGLI)
- Veterans Mortgage Life Insurance (VMLI)
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Pay
- Allowances
- Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH)
- Basic Pay
- Blended Retirement System
- Bonuses
- Captive / POW / MIA Entitlements
- Combat Zone Tax Exclusion (CZTE)
- Combat-Related Special Compensation (CRSC)
- Concurrent Retirement and Disability Pay (CRDP)
- Continuation Pay
- DoD Disability Retired Pay
- DoD Disability Severance Pay
- Drill Pay
- Family Separation Allowance (FSA)
- Federal Taxes on Veterans' Disability or Military Retirement Pensions
- Hazardous Duty Incentive Pay (HDIP)
- Hostile Fire Pay (HFP)
- Imminent Danger Pay (IDP)
- Leave
- Military Parental Leave Program (MPLP)
- Overseas Housing Allowance (OHA)
- Pay and Allowance Continuation Program (PAC)
- Retired Pay
- Savings Deposit Program (SDP)
- Special Leave Accrual (SLA)
- Special Pay
- Special Survivor Indemnity Allowance (SSIA)
- Unemployment Compensation
- VA Caregiver Support - Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers
- Veterans Disability Compensation
- Veterans Disability Pension
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Permanent Change of Station (PCS) / Relocation
- Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH)
- Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA)
- Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP)
- Legal Assistance Services
- Military OneSource
- Overseas Housing Allowance (OHA)
- Permanent Change of Station (PCS) CONUS
- Permanent Change of Station (PCS) OCONUS
- Relocation Assistance
- School Age Services and Care
- School Liaison Officer
- The Exchange
- Transferring to Space Force
- VA Home Loans
- Social Security
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Transitioning & Retirement
- Air Force Wounded Warrior Program (AFW2)
- Armed Forces Retirement Home
- Blended Retirement System
- Continuation Pay
- Military Spouse Employment Partnership Program (MSEP)
- Permanent Change of Station (PCS) CONUS
- Permanent Change of Station (PCS) OCONUS
- Retirement Letters
- Retirement Services Program (RSP)
- Service-Disabled Veterans Insurance (S-DVI)
- Thrift Savings Plan (TSP)
- Transferring to Space Force
- Transition Assistance Program (TAP)
- TRICARE For Life (TFL)
- TRICARE Retired Reserve (TRR)
- TRICARE Special Programs
- Unemployment Compensation
- Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)
- VA Benefits and Services
- Veterans Disability Compensation
- Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program
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Veterans Affairs (VA)
- Burial and Memorial Benefits
- Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC)
- Family Servicemembers Group Life Insurance (FSGLI)
- Post 9/11 GI Bill
- Special Survivor Indemnity Allowance (SSIA)
- Survivors’ and Dependents' Education Assistance Program (DEA)
- VA Aid and Attendance (A&A) and Housebound Pension Benefits
- VA Benefits and Services
- VA Caregiver Support - Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers
- VA Home Loans
- VA Nursing Homes
- VA Survivors Pension
- Veteran Readiness and Employment (formerly called Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E))
- Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Benefit Program
- Veterans Affairs Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD)
- Veterans Disability Compensation
- Veterans Disability Pension
- Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Self-Medication Program (SMP)
- Veterans Mortgage Life Insurance (VMLI)
Featured: Reunion

The return home from combat can often leave servicemembers feeling out of place with the most important people in their lives - their families.
"In deployment, Soldiers grow accustomed to a new lifestyle and a new 'family' - those buddies that bond together to defend each other," said Maj. Ken Williams, 14th Military Police Brigade chaplain. "This lifestyle change is prolonged and becomes familiar, i.e., the new normal."
The families also change while the Servicemember is deployed.
"The family is a system," Williams said. "When one family member is absent, the whole system changes. All members of the family adapt to a new 'normal' way of life."
When the servicemember returns, the family may feel uncomfortable with each other, and the servicemember may withdraw from the family.