Federal Benefits
by Category
Benefits organized by subject category. Click on a category to view the list of benefits.
- Pay
- Allowances
- Basic Pay
- Bonuses
- Combat-Related Injury Rehabilitation Pay (CIP)
- Combat-Related Special Compensation (CRSC)
- Combat Zone Tax Exclusion (CZTE)
- Concurrent Retirement & 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 (HDIP)
- Hostile Fire Pay (HFP)
- Imminent Danger Pay (IDP)
- Leave
- POW / MIA Entitlements
- Rest and Recuperation (R&R)
- Retired Pay
- Savings Deposit Program
- Special Leave Accrual (SLA)
- Special Pay
- State Income Taxes
- Veterans Disability Compensation
- Veterans Disability Pension
- Education
- Advanced Civil Schooling (ACS)
- Army College Fund (ACF)
- Army Continuing Education System (ACES)
- Cancellation of Federal Student Loans
- College Loan Repayment Program (LRP)
- Concurrent Admissions Program (ConAP)
- eArmy U
- Montgomery GI Bill (MGIB)
- Reserve Education Assistance Program (REAP)
- Specialized Skills Training
- Tuition Assistance (TA)
- Tuition Assistance Top-Up (TATU)
- Family Services
- Adoption Assistance
- Army Community Service (ACS)
- Child & Youth Services (CYS)
- Child Development Centers
- Deployment & Mobilization Support
- Dependent Children Education Program
- Dept. of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA)
- Employment Readiness Program (ERP)
- Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP)
- Family Advocacy Programs (FAP)
- Family Child Care
- Family & Soldier Readiness Services (FSRS)
- Military Family Tax Relief Act of 2003
- Military OneSource
- Military Spouse Preference Program (Program "S")
- Parenting Programs
- School-Age Services / Care
- Spouses to Teachers (STT)
- Spouse Education Assistance Program (SEAP-Overseas)
- Spouse Education Assistance Program (SEAP-Stateside)
- Soldier Services
- Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES)
- Army Emergency Relief (AER)
- Army Mentorship Program
- Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA)
- DoD Homeowners Assistance Program (HAP)
- Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR)
- Financial Readiness
- Legal Assistance Services
- Morale, Welfare & Recreation (MWR)
- Relocation Assistance
- Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA)
- Space Available Travel (Space-A)
- Space Required Travel (Space-R)
- Health Care & Life Insurance
- Continued Health Care Benefit Program (CHCBP)
- Family Servicemembers Group Life Insurance (FSGLI)
- Federal Long-term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP)
- Servicemembers Group Life Insurance (SGLI)
- Traumatic Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (TSGLI)
- TRICARE Dental
- TRICARE Extra
- TRICARE for Life (TFL)
- TRICARE Pharmacy
- TRICARE Prime
- TRICARE Reserve Select
- TRICARE Retiree Dental Program (TRDP)
- TRICARE Standard
- VA Medical Benefit Program
- Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Self-Medication Program (SMP)
- Transitioning & Retirement
- Army Career and Alumni Program (ACAP)
- Armed Forces Retirement Home
- Army Retirement Services Program
- Partnership for Youth Success(PaYS)
- Disabled Transition Assistance Program (DTAP)
- Survivor Benefit Plan (includes RC-SBP)
- Thrift Savings Plan (TSP)
- Transition Assistance Program (TAP)
- Troops to Teachers (TTT)
- Uniformed Services Employment & Reemployment Rights (USERRA)
- Casualty / Survivor
- Veterans Affairs (VA)
- Social Security
Featured Topic
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.