Survivor Benefits

Soldiers on active duty and Family members with an AKO account can use the Survivorship Calculator to plan for the financial well-being of surviving Family members in the event of the Soldier's death on active duty.

After login, the Soldiers' personal data will be automatically entered but Family members must manually enter the Soldier's personal data.

Fact sheets can be accessed by everyone.

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 Soldier 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.

Survivor Benefits

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Reunion