Federal Benefits listed alphabetically.
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A to Z
- Adoption Assistance
- Advanced Civil Schooling (ACS)
- Allowances
- Armed Forces Retirement Home
- Army Child Care Fee Assistance Programs
- Army Community Service (ACS)
- Army Credentialing and Continuing Education Services for Soldiers (ACCESS)
- Army Credentialing Opportunities on-Line (COOL)
- Army Emergency Relief (AER)
- Army Recovery Care Program (ARCP) (formerly known as Army Wounded Warrior Program (AW2))
- Army Suicide Prevention Program (SP2)
- Army Transition Assistance Program (TAP)
- 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)
- Consortium for Health and Military Performance (CHAMP)
- Continuation Pay
- Continued Health Care Benefit Program (CHCBP)
- Continued Housing Benefits (for Survivors)
- Death Gratuity
- Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA)
- Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC)
- Deployment Prescription Program
- DoD Disability Retired Pay
- DoD Disability Severance Pay
- DoD Education Activities (DoDEA)
- DoD Homeowners Assistance Program (HAP)
- DoD Transition Assistance Program (DoD-TAP)
- 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
- Funded Legal Education Program (FLEP)
- Hazardous Duty Incentive Pay (HDIP)
- Heroes’ Legacy Scholarship
- Hostile Fire Pay (HFP)
- Imminent Danger Pay (IDP)
- Leave
- Legal Assistance Services
- Maternity (Pregnancy) Care
- 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
- National Park and Interagency Military Pass
- Overseas Housing Allowance (OHA)
- Partnership for Your Success (PaYS)
- Pay Allowance Continuation (PAC)
- Permanent Change of Station (PCS) CONUS
- Permanent Change of Station (PCS) OCONUS
- Post-9/11 GI Bill
- Presidential Memorial Certificate (PMC)
- Reimbursement for State Licensure and Certification Costs for the Spouse of a Soldier
- Relocation Assistance
- Retired Pay
- Retirement Letters
- Retirement Services Program
- Savings Deposit Program (SDP)
- Scholarships for Military Children
- School Age Centers (SAC)
- School Liaison Office
- Service-Disabled Veterans Insurance (S-DVI)
- Servicemembers Group Life Insurance (SGLI)
- Servicemembers’ Civil Relief Act (SCRA)
- Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance Traumatic Injury Protection (TSGLI)
- 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
- Transferring to Space Force
- TRICARE and VA Dual Eligibility
- TRICARE Dental Program (TDP)
- 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)
- Troops to Teachers (TTT)
- Tuition Assistance (TA)
- Tuition Assistance Top-up (TATU)
- Unemployment Compensation
- Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)
- VA Aid & Attendance
- VA Benefits and Services
- VA Home Loans
- VA Medical Benefit Program
- VA Nursing Homes
- VA Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC)
- VA Program of General Caregiver Support Services (PGCSS)
- VA Special Monthly Compensation (SMC)
- VA Survivors Pension
- Veteran Affairs Life Insurance (VALife)
- Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E)
- Veterans Affairs Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD)
- Veterans Disability Compensation
- Veterans Disability Pension
- Veterans Group Life Insurance (VGLI)
- 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.