Benefits organized by Category. Click on a Category to view the list of benefits in that Category.
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Pay
- Allowances
- Basic Pay
- Bonuses
- Captive / POW / MIA Entitlements
- Combat Zone Tax Exclusion (CZTE)
- Combat-Related Special Compensation (CRSC)
- Concurrent Retirement and Disability Pay (CRDP)
- 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
- Hostile Fire Pay (HFP)
- Imminent Danger Pay (IDP)
- Leave
- Pay Allowances Continuation (PAC)
- Retired Pay
- Retired Pay – New Blended Retirement System
- Special Leave Accrual (SLA)
- Special Pay
- Temporary Early Retirement Authority (TERA)
- Unemployment Compensation
- Uniform Services Savings Deposit Program (USSDP)
- VA Caregiver Support Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers
- Veterans Disability Compensation
- Veterans Disability Pension
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Education
- Advanced Civil Schooling (ACS)
- Army Continuing Education System
- Cancellation of Federal Student Loans
- College Loan Repayment Program (LRP)
- Concurrent Admissions Program (ConAP)
- Fry Scholarship
- MG James Ursano Scholarship Program
- Military Spouse Education and Career Opportunities (SECO)
- Montgomery GI Bill (MGIB)
- Post 9/11 GI Bill
- Reserve Educational Assistance Program (REAP)
- Specialized Skills Training
- Spouse Education Assistance Program (SEAP) Scholarship
- Tillman Scholars Program
- Tuition Assistance (TA)
- Tuition Assistance Top-up (TATU)
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Health Care & Life Insurance
- Continued Health Care Benefit Program (CHCBP)
- Family Servicemembers Group Life Insurance
- Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP)
- Service-Disabled Veterans Insurance (S-DVI)
- Servicemembers Group Life Insurance (SGLI)
- Special Compensation for Assistance with Activities of Daily Living (SCAADL)
- Traumatic Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (TSGLI)
- TRICARE Dental Program
- TRICARE For Life (TFL)
- TRICARE Pharmacy
- TRICARE Prime
- TRICARE Reserve Select
- TRICARE Retired Reserve (TRR)
- TRICARE Retiree Dental Program (TRDP)
- TRICARE Select
- 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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Casualty / Survivor
- Arlington National Cemetery
- Burial and Memorial Benefits
- Continued Housing Benefits (for Survivors)
- Death Gratuity
- Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC)
- DoD Homeowners Assistance Program (HAP)
- Family Servicemembers Group Life Insurance
- Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP)
- Federal Taxes on Veterans' Disability or Military Retirement Pensions
- Financial Readiness
- Fry Scholarship
- Heart Act
- Legal Assistance Services
- MG James Ursano Scholarship Program
- Montgomery GI Bill (MGIB)
- Post 9/11 GI Bill
- Relocation Assistance
- Servicemembers Group Life Insurance (SGLI)
- Social Security Lump Sum Death Benefit
- Social Security Survivor Benefits
- Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP)
- Survivors’ & Dependent Education Assistance Program (DEA)
- Traumatic Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (TSGLI)
- TRICARE Dental Program
- TRICARE Prime
- VA Home Loans
- VA Survivors Pension (Formerly VA Death Pension)VA Death Pension
- Veterans Affairs (VA) Aid and Attendance (A&A) and Housebound Pension Benefits
- Veterans Group Life Insurance (VGLI)
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Transitioning & Retirement
- Armed Forces Retirement Home
- Army Retirement Services Program
- Army Wounded Warrior Program (AW2)
- Military Spouse Employment Partnership Program (MSEP)
- Retired Pay – New Blended Retirement System
- Service-Disabled Veterans Insurance (S-DVI)
- Soldier for Life - Transition Assistance Program (SFL-TAP)
- Temporary Early Retirement Authority (TERA)
- Thrift Savings Plan (TSP)
- Transition Assistance Program (TAP)
- TRICARE For Life (TFL)
- TRICARE Retired Reserve (TRR)
- Troops to Teachers (TTT)
- U.S. Army Partnership for Youth Success (PaYS)
- Unemployment Compensation
- Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)
- VA Benefits Briefings
- 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
- Post 9/11 GI Bill
- Survivors’ & Dependent Education Assistance Program (DEA)
- VA Benefits Briefings
- VA Caregiver Support Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers
- VA Home Loans
- VA Nursing Homes
- VA Survivors Pension (Formerly VA Death Pension)VA Death Pension
- Veterans Affairs (VA) Aid and Attendance (A&A) and Housebound Pension Benefits
- 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)
- Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment Service (VR&E)
- Social Security
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Soldier Services
- Adoption Assistance
- Arlington National Cemetery
- Army & Air Force Exchange Services (The Exchange)
- Army Emergency Relief (AER)
- 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
- Military Spouse Education and Career Opportunities (SECO)
- Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR)
- Relocation Assistance
- Servicemembers’ Civil Relief Act (SCRA)
- Space-Available Travel (Space-A Travel)
- Special Compensation for Assistance with Activities of Daily Living (SCAADL)
- Unemployment Compensation
- Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)
- Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program
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Family Services
- Adoption Assistance
- Army Community Service (ACS)
- Child & Youth Services (CYS)
- Child Development Centers (CDCs)
- Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA)
- Deployment and Mobilization Support
- DoD Education Activities (DoDEA)
- Employment Readiness Program (ERP)
- Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP)
- Family Advocacy Programs (FAP)
- Fry Scholarship
- MG James Ursano Scholarship Program
- Military OneSource
- Military Spouse Education and Career Opportunities (SECO)
- Military Spouse Employment Partnership Program (MSEP)
- Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR)
- Off-Post Community Based Child Care Programs
- School Age Services and Care
- Servicemembers’ Civil Relief Act (SCRA)
- Special Compensation for Assistance with Activities of Daily Living (SCAADL)
- Spouse Education Assistance Program (SEAP) Scholarship
- Tillman Scholars Program
- VA Caregiver Support Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers

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.