Benefits organized by Category. Click on a Category to view the list of benefits in that Category.
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Casualty / Survivor
- Burial and Memorial Benefits
- Burial in Arlington National Cemetery
- Continued Housing Benefits (for Survivors)
- Death Gratuity
- Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC)
- DoD Homeowners Assistance Program (HAP)
- Family Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (FSGLI)
- Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP)
- Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP)
- Federal Taxes on Veterans' Disability or Military Retirement Pensions
- Financial Readiness Program (FRP)
- Fry Scholarship
- Heroes’ Legacy Scholarship
- Legal Assistance Services
- MG James Ursano Scholarship Program
- 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
- TRICARE Prime
- TRICARE Special Programs
- VA Home Loans
- VA Survivors Pension
- Veterans Affairs Aid & Attendance (A&A) and Housebound Pension Benefits
- Veterans Group Life Insurance (VGLI)
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Education
- Advanced Civil Schooling (ACS)
- Army Credentialing and Continuing Education Services for Soldiers (ACCESS)
- Cancellation of Federal Student Loans
- College Loan Repayment Program (LRP)
- Concurrent Admissions Program (ConAP)
- Fry Scholarship
- Heroes’ Legacy Scholarship
- MG James Ursano Scholarship Program
- Military Spouse Education and Career Opportunities (SECO)
- Montgomery GI Bill (MGIB)
- Mrs. Patty Shinseki Spouse Scholarship Program (formerly known as Spouse Education Assistance Program (SEAP) Scholarship)
- Post 9/11 GI Bill
- Reserve Educational Assistance Program (REAP)
- Scholarships for Military Children
- School Liaison Officer
- Specialized Skills Training
- Tillman Scholarship Program
- Tuition Assistance (TA)
- Tuition Assistance Top-up (TATU)
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Family Services
- Adoption Assistance
- Army Community Service (ACS)
- Army Suicide Prevention Program (ASSP)
- Child & Youth Services (CYS)
- Child Development Centers (CDCs)
- Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA)
- DoD Education Activities (DoDEA)
- Employment Readiness Program (ERP)
- Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP)
- Family Advocacy Programs (FAP)
- Fry Scholarship
- Maternity
- MG James Ursano Scholarship Program
- Military OneSource
- Military Parental Leave Program (MPLP)
- Military Spouse Education and Career Opportunities (SECO)
- Military Spouse Employment Partnership Program (MSEP)
- Mobilization, Deployment and Stability Support Operations
- Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR)
- Mrs. Patty Shinseki Spouse Scholarship Program (formerly known as Spouse Education Assistance Program (SEAP) Scholarship)
- Off-Post Community Based Child Care Programs
- 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)
- Tillman Scholarship Program
- TRICARE Special Programs
- VA Caregiver Support Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers
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Health Care & Life Insurance
- Continued Health Care Benefit Program (CHCBP)
- Family Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (FSGLI)
- Federal Employees 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)
- Sexual Harassment Assault Response and Prevention (SHARP)
- Special Compensation for Assistance with Activities of Daily Living (SCAADL)
- TRICARE Dental Program
- TRICARE Extended Care Health Option (ECHO)
- TRICARE For Life (TFL)
- TRICARE Pharmacy
- TRICARE Prime
- TRICARE Reserve Select
- 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
- Overseas Housing Allowance (OHA)
- Pay Allowances Continuation (PAC)
- Retired Pay
- Savings Deposit Program (SDP)
- Special Leave Accrual (SLA)
- Special Pay
- Special Survivor Indemnity Allowance (SSIA)
- Temporary Early Retirement Authority (TERA)
- 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
- Army Emergency Relief (AER)
- Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH)
- Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA)
- Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP)
- Legal Assistance Services
- Military OneSource
- Off-Post Community Based Child Care Programs
- 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
- VA Home Loans
- Social Security
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Soldier Services
- Adoption Assistance
- Army Emergency Relief (AER)
- 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 Program (FRP)
- Legal Assistance Services
- Maternity
- Military Parental Leave Program (MPLP)
- Military Spouse Education and Career Opportunities (SECO)
- Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR)
- Permanent Change of Station (PCS) CONUS
- Permanent Change of Station (PCS) OCONUS
- Relocation Assistance
- Servicemembers’ Civil Relief Act (SCRA)
- Sexual Harassment Assault Response and Prevention (SHARP)
- Space-Available Travel (Space-A Travel)
- Special Compensation for Assistance with Activities of Daily Living (SCAADL)
- The Exchange
- TRICARE Special Programs
- Unemployment Compensation
- Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)
- Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program
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Transitioning & Retirement
- Armed Forces Retirement Home
- Army Transition Assistance Program (formerly known as Soldier for Life - Transition Assistance Program (SFL-TAP))
- Army Wounded Warrior Program (AW2)
- 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
- Service-Disabled Veterans Insurance (S-DVI)
- Temporary Early Retirement Authority (TERA)
- Thrift Savings Plan (TSP)
- TRICARE For Life (TFL)
- TRICARE Retired Reserve (TRR)
- TRICARE Special Programs
- Troops to Teachers (TTT)
- U.S. Army Partnership for Youth Success (PaYS)
- 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 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 Aid & Attendance (A&A) and Housebound Pension Benefits
- 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)

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.