Helpful Websites

A Bit of Home

A Bit of Home supports over 150 different soldiers per day by providing necessary and hard-to-get toiletries.

Adopt a Platoon

Adopt a platoon has several ongoing projects to ensure that no soldier overseas walks away from mail call empty-handed

Any Soldier

Any soldier is a non-profit organization that helps people send care packages to members of the armed services in Iraq.

AAFES Homepage

Shop your online mall. Dozens of popular retailers offering special military discounts.

Blue Star Mothers

The Blue Star Mothers was founded by service members' moms during World War II. Any mother with a son or daughter in the military can join.

Books For Soldiers

Help the troops escape boredom by donating some books. You can also donate DVD's and CD's requested by soldiers.

Books for Military Children

Here you will find several fiction books for all age groups portraying children with parents in the military. 

Cell Phones for Soldiers

Donated cell phones are recycled and turned into cash. The cash is used to purchase calling cards for soldiers in Iraq.

Daddy Dolls

Check out this site to order photos of your loved one on a variety of products. It also has great ideas for beating deployment blues.

Fisher House

The Fisher House Foundation donates comfort homes, built on the grounds of major military and VA medical centers. These homes enable family members to be close to a loved one during hospitalization for an unexpected illness, diease, or injury.

Groceries for Families

Help a military family by purchasing gift certificates to the commissary.

Homes for Our Troops

Homes for Our Troops assists injured verterans and their immediate families by building new or adapting homes with handicapped accessibility.

Military Family Institute Home Page

The Military Family Research Institute is a cross-departmental research program housed at Purdue University and funded by the Department of Defense, Office of Military Community and Family Policy. The mission of MFRI is to conduct interdisiplinary, multilevel research that provides insight into the impact of quality of life factors on military members and their families.

Military Homefront

Official Department of Defense web site for reliable information designed to help troops and their families, leaders and service provid you live the military lifestyle or support those who do, you'll find what you need.

My Army Life Too - Here you will find an online Family Readiness Group training course. The purpose of this training is to offer support, assistance and trianing to FRG Leaders, no matter your geographic location or schedule. Leading an FRG focuses on four main areas, Managing, Leading, Connecting and Empowering. These four leadership rings overlap, and Army Soldiers and families are the core and primary focus of the FRG.

National Guard Family Program Online Community

"One Stop Shop" Here you can learn about Family Readiness, Program Services, Plans and Operations. Family readiness takes a look at the six step family program model that keeps you informed and involved about your benifits as a serving family.

National Center for PTSD

This Website keeps current on resources emerging to help our returning warriors who have been traumatized by the brutalities of war.

Operation Give

Operation Give provides toys, clothing, and school supplies primarily to the children of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Reduced-Interest Rate Mortgage Loans Available to Veterans

Through a program that NDHFA calls HomeAccess, individuals who have served in the active duty military, navel or air service, and have been discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable (or who have re-enlisted but could have been discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable) may qualify for low interest-rate mortgage loans, down payment and closing cost assistance

Snowball Express

Homefront America, Inc., has teamed up with The Snowball Express an organization who has been providing extraordinary and memorable holiday experiences - in ways on cannot begin to imagine - to children who have lost a parent or loved one since 1998.

Soldiers' Angels

Soldiers' Angels currently supports thousands of American Service Members stationed wherever we raise our Country's Flag and the number is growing daily. We also work tirelessly supporting our Wounded Soldiers, with backpacks filled with needed items , personal visits, phone calls, etc. Additionally, we send our thanks via letters and email to the military of Great Britain, Poland and Australia who serve by our soldiers side in Iraq.

Spouse Buzz

SpouseBUZZ is your virtual Family Support Group, where we can celebrate and embrace the tie that binds us all military service. Submit your comments, questions and suggestions for topics you would like to see our authors address. SpouseBUZZ will make you think, make you laugh and make you cry. Most of all, we hope you feel instantly connected to the thousands of other spouses with whom you share a common experience

Seamless Transition

Benefits and Services Information for National Guard and Reserve Soldiers

TAPS

The Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, Inc., is a one of a kind non-profit Veteran Services Organization offering hope, healing, comfort and care to thousands of Americans armed forces families facing the death of a loved one.

The Air National Guard Home Page

Although the Air National Guard was not establised as a seperate component of the U.S. Air Force until 1947, National Guard aviators have played significant roles in all of America's wars and most of its major contingencies since the beginning of the 20th Century. Visit the pages on our history site to explore the heritage of American flight... as seen through the deeds of these couragous minutmen.

My Army Life Too

My Army Life Too offers information on topics such as; Army basics, Child and Youth Services, getting involved, home and family life, lifelong learning, managing deployment, money matters, work and careers.

Zero to Three

Professionals from many different fields support the healty development of young children. ZERO TO THREE is resource for the work you do with infants, toddlers and families.

Dads at a Distance

Build strong relationships with your children even when deployed. Find a number of creative ideas for strengthening long distance parent child relationships at this website.

Military Spouse Support Network

This site was started to offer support, comfort, advice and friends to military spouses whose significant others are away on duty.

Per Diem Rates

Per Diem Rates

Department of Veterans Affairs

The Reserve/National Guard tab will take you to "Seamless Transitions". This is a benefits tab for Reserve/National Guard soldiers that have been activated.

Operation Shoe Box

Operation ShoeBox was founded in 2003 in an effort to send support, snacks and much needed personal care items to our troops deployed outside of the USA and we encourage citizens to support their fighting men and women deployed overseas in these dangerous times. The most frequent response we get from the "boots on the ground" is that receiving mail from the home front is a huge morale boost!

AAFES Gift Certificates

The Army and Air Force Exchange services is where most servicemen and women do their shopping. You can purchase gift certificates for those in Iraq and those hospitalized.

Employee Assistance Program

Employee Assistance Program