Federal Benefits listed alphabetically.
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A to Z
- Adoption Assistance
- Advanced Civil Schooling (ACS)
- Allowances
- Armed Forces Retirement Home
- Army Community Service (ACS)
- Army Credentialing and Continuing Education Services for Soldiers (ACCESS)
- Army Emergency Relief (AER)
- Army Suicide Prevention Program (ASSP)
- Army Transition Assistance Program (formally known as Soldier for Life - Transition Assistance Program (SFL-TAP))
- Army Wounded Warrior Program (AW2)
- Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH)
- Basic Pay
- Blended Retirement System
- Bonuses
- Burial and Memorial Benefits
- Burial in Arlington National Cemetery
- Cancellation of Federal Student Loans
- Captive / POW / MIA Entitlements
- Child & Youth Services (CYS)
- Child Development Centers (CDCs)
- College Loan Repayment Program (LRP)
- Combat Zone Tax Exclusion (CZTE)
- Combat-Related Special Compensation (CRSC)
- Concurrent Admissions Program (ConAP)
- Concurrent Retirement and Disability Pay (CRDP)
- Continuation Pay
- Continued Health Care Benefit Program (CHCBP)
- Continued Housing Benefits (for Survivors)
- Death Gratuity
- Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA)
- Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC)
- DoD Disability Retired Pay
- DoD Disability Severance Pay
- DoD Education Activities (DoDEA)
- DoD Homeowners Assistance Program (HAP)
- Drill Pay
- Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR)
- Employment Readiness Program (ERP)
- Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP)
- Family Advocacy Programs (FAP)
- Family Separation Allowance (FSA)
- 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
- Hazardous Duty Incentive Pay (HDIP)
- Heroes’ Legacy Scholarship
- Hostile Fire Pay (HFP)
- Imminent Danger Pay (IDP)
- Leave
- Legal Assistance Services
- 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
- Montgomery GI Bill (MGIB)
- 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
- Overseas Housing Allowance (OHA)
- Pay Allowances Continuation (PAC)
- Permanent Change of Station (PCS) CONUS
- Permanent Change of Station (PCS) OCONUS
- Post 9/11 GI Bill
- Relocation Assistance
- Reserve Educational Assistance Program (REAP)
- Retired Pay
- Retirement Letters
- Retirement Services Program
- Scholarships for Military Children
- School Age Services and Care
- School Liaison Officer
- Service-Disabled Veterans Insurance (S-DVI)
- Servicemembers Group Life Insurance (SGLI)
- Servicemembers’ Civil Relief Act (SCRA)
- Sexual Harassment Assault Response and Prevention (SHARP)
- Social Security Disability
- Social Security Lump Sum Death Benefit
- Social Security Primary Insurance Amount (PIA)
- Social Security Survivor Benefits
- Space-Available Travel (Space-A Travel)
- Special Compensation for Assistance with Activities of Daily Living (SCAADL)
- Special Leave Accrual (SLA)
- Special Pay
- Special Survivor Indemnity Allowance (SSIA)
- Specialized Skills Training
- Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP)
- Survivors’ and Dependents' Education Assistance Program (DEA)
- Temporary Early Retirement Authority (TERA)
- The Exchange
- The Heart Act
- Thrift Savings Plan (TSP)
- Tillman Scholarship Program
- Traumatic Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (TSGLI)
- TRICARE and VA Dual Eligibility
- TRICARE Dental Program
- TRICARE For Life (TFL)
- TRICARE Pharmacy
- TRICARE Prime
- TRICARE Reserve Select
- TRICARE Retired Reserve (TRR)
- TRICARE Select
- TRICARE Special Programs
- TRICARE Young Adult (TYA)
- Troops to Teachers (TTT)
- Tuition Assistance (TA)
- Tuition Assistance Top-up (TATU)
- U.S. Army Partnership for Youth Success (PaYS)
- Unemployment Compensation
- Uniform Services Savings Deposit Program (USSDP)
- Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)
- 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 Group Life Insurance (VGLI)
- Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Self-Medication Program (SMP)
- Veterans Mortgage Life Insurance (VMLI)
- Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program

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.