As chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, I am committed to supporting the men and women who proudly serve in our nation’s armed forces. Additionally, there are many members of our armed forces who are serving their country as part of the National Guard and Reserves.
Please take a few minutes to read the information below and see if it answers your questions. We have included an extensive list of links to other resources that may be helpful to you as well.
If your legal residence or home of record is Michigan and you are having a problem related to your military service, my office may be able to assist you. However, it is recommended that you first work through your chain of command to resolve the matter. If that effort has been unsuccessful, my office can make an inquiry on your behalf. While we appreciate hearing from family members about an issue, before my office can make any inquiries, we must hear directly from you, the service member, and receive your written authorization.
If you need my office’s assistance with a military issue, please click on the "Request Military Help" link to the left to fill out the online form and privacy release, and return it to my Detroit office. For health care related issues, my office will also need the HIPAA privacy release form (link below). Please allow up to 30 days from the day we receive your release for my office to contact you.
If your issue is time sensitive, please call my Detroit office at (313) 226-6020 or TTY/Voice toll-free (800) 851-0030 (in state).
Carl Levin
General Information
Issues My Office Can Help With
For each of these issues, my staff can inquire on your behalf to the appropriate office. My staff will keep you apprised of the response we receive.
- Concerns with medical care
- Problems entering the military
- Requests for compassionate reassignment or hardship discharge
- Problems with your chain of command
- Concerns related to due process
- Military and retired pay issues
Issues My Office Needs to Refer Elsewhere
- Service members not from Michigan should contact a U.S. senator from their home of record.
- Legal issues — My office cannot get involved in military legal matters. The service member should work with their attorney on any legal issues. My office can try to ensure a service member or a family member receives due process.
Click each section below to learn more about it.
Resources
TRICARE
TRICARE is the health care program serving uniformed service members, retirees and their families worldwide. The TRICARE website provides comprehensive information for anyone who receives health benefits through the TRICARE program.
Pay Issues
The Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) processes the pay transactions for service members and retirees. The MyPay page on the DFAS website allows users to set up myPay accounts with a personalized login and password. The AskMyPay page provides useful contact numbers for service members to first try to resolve their concerns with DFAS.
Michigan National Guard
The Michigan National Guard provides trained forces in support of our national military strategy and responds as needed to state, local and regional emergencies to ensure peace, order and public safety.
Michigan National Guard Family Assistance Centers »
Family Assistance Centers (FACS) provide support to family members of the Michigan National Guard.
FACS
Sault Ste. Marie Armory
1170 E. Portage Road
Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783
(906) 632-7861
(906) 632-4753 (fax)
Counties Served
Alger, Chippewa, Luce, Mackinac, Schoolcraft, as well as members living outside the borders of Michigan.
Camp Grayling Armory
Building 3
Grayling, MI 49739
(989) 344-6144
(989) 344-6124 (fax)
Alcona, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Bay, Benzie, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Clare, Crawford, Emmet, Genesee, Gladwin, Grand Traverse, Gratiot, Huron, Iosco, Isabella, Kalkaska, Leelanau, Manistee, Midland, Missaukee, Montmorency, Ogemaw, Oscoda, Otsego, Presque Isle, Roscommon, Saginaw, Sanilac, Traverse, Tuscola, Wexford
Grand Ledge/Flint
10600 Eaton Highway
Grand Ledge, MI 48837
(517) 481-8850
(517) 481-8822 (fax)
Clinton, Eaton, Ingham, Livingston, Shiawassee
Jackson Armory
4850 Cooper Road
Jackson, MI 49201
(517) 990-1186
(517) 990-1108 (fax)
Branch, Berrien, Calhoun, Cass, Hillsdale, Jackson, Kalamazoo, St. Joseph, Van Buren
Grand Valley Armory
1200 44th Street, SW
Wyoming, MI 49509
(616) 249-2741
(616) 249-2741 (fax)
Allegan, Barry, Ionia, Kent, Lake, Mason, Mecosta, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana, Osceola, Ottawa
Taylor Armory
12450 Beech Daly
Taylor, MI 48180
(734) 946-2553
(734) 946-2540 (fax)
Lapeer, Lenawee, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, St. Clair, Washtenaw, Wayne
Ishpeming Armory
900 Palms Avenue
Ishpeming, MI 49849-1064
(906) 485-2548
(906) 486-4946 (fax)
Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Marquette, Menominee, Ontonagon
Relief Societies »
These four private, nonprofit organizations help service members with emergency assistance and short-term financial problems.
Resources for Service Members and Their Families »
- Army OneSource — The Army website provides Soldiers and their families with comprehensive information on family programs, health care, housing, children and youth services, and much more.
- Community Covenant — The Army Community Covenant program fosters state and community partnerships with the Army to improve the quality of life for Soldiers and their families
- Defense Hotline — This hotline allows service members and their families to file a complaint, e.g. military reprisal, or to report waste fraud and abuse.
- Marine Corps Community Services — The MCCS website provides resources for Marines and their families.
- Military HOMEFRONT — The DOD website provides official Military Community and Family Policy (MC&FP) program information, policy and guidance designed to help troops and their families, leaders and service providers.
- MilitaryOneSource.com — A 24/7 resource for military members, spouses and family. This portal website provides quick access to information for all branches of the armed forces, National Guard, Reserves and Coast Guard. 1-800-342-9647.
- National Guard Family Program — The National Guard Family Program works to enhance the quality of life for National Guard members, their families, and the communities in which they serve.
- Service Women’s Action Network (SWAN) — SWAN supports service women and women veterans.
Sexual Assault Prevention and Response »
Support the Troops »
- America’s Adopt a Soldier — America's Adopt a Soldier gathers and packs donated items as care packages and then sends them to service members overseas. Additional care packages are sent to the wounded warriors at Walter Reed Medical Center and their children.
- AdoptaPlatoon.org — AdoptaPlatoon Soldier Support Effort is a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving deployed U.S. service members by sending cards, letters and care packages and by assisting military families at home.
- America Supporting Americans — ASA is a nonprofit organization that links individual units in all branches of the military with communities across the country.
- American Red Cross — The American Red Cross links members of the U.S. Armed Forces with their families during a crisis.
- Books for Soldiers — Books for Soldiers sends care packages for the mind – books, DVDs, games and relief supplies.
- Cell Phones for Soldiers — Through donations of cell phones and contributions, Cell Phones for Soldiers provides prepaid calling cards for the troops.
- Guardian Angels for Soldier’s Pet (GASP) — This nonprofit organization supports military service members and their pets through programs aimed a reuniting pet(s) and owner(s) following deployment.
- HeroBox.org — HeroBox is a nonprofit organization that supports deployed American service members by providing the specific items that hero needs while he or she is away from home. The myHero program connects you with a hero in their database instantly online.
- Move America Forward (MAF) — Move America Forward sponsors an annual “Troopathon” to support the troops.
- Operation Gratitude — Operation Gratitude sends care packages to individual Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines deployed in harm’s way.
- Operation Paperback — Operation Paperback collects gently used books nationwide and sends them to American troops deployed overseas. Since 1999, Operation Paperback has shipped over 1.1 million books to locations around the globe. ”Giving our troops the opportunity to escape into a good book since 1999.“
- Operation Shoebox — Operation Shoebox sends snacks and personal care items to troops deployed outside the United States.
- Operation We Care — Operation We Care is an all-volunteer organization that sends care packages to the troops and organizes troop rallies and homecoming celebrations.
- Thanks-A-Bunch — The Thanks-A-Bunch program encourages citizens to express their gratitude to active duty military personnel, wounded warriors and disabled American veterans by offering to buy them lunch or dinner through a Thanks-A-Bunch (TAB) card.
- Treat the Troops — Treat the Troops is an all-volunteer organization that bakes and sends cookies for deployed military service members.
- United Service Organization (USO) — USO is a nonprofit, congressionally chartered, private organization that offers a variety of programs and services to support the morale, welfare, social and entertainment needs of troops and their families, free of charge.
- VFW Operation Uplink — Operation Uplink provides free phone cards to hospitalized veterans and deployed military personnel.
