Veterans' Service Records

Request Military Service Records Request Service Records Online, by Mail, or by Fax More ways to get service records Request Medical and Health Records Check the Status of an Existing Request Recently separated veteran? Funeral Home Director Information Page

NRC PAD | National Resource Center on Psychiatric Advance Directives

Psychiatric advance directives are relatively new legal instruments that may be used to document a competent person’s specific instructions or preferences regarding future mental health treatment[...]

Healthcare

Apply for VA health care, find out how to access services, and manage your health and benefits online.

VA Disablity

File a claim for disability compensation for conditions related to your military service, and manage your benefits over time.

Education & Training

Apply for and manage your GI Bill and other education benefits to help pay for college and training programs.

Careers & Employment

Apply for vocational rehabilitation services, get support for your Veteran-owned small business, and access other career resources.

Pension

Apply for monthly payments for wartime Veterans and survivors with limited or no income who meet certain age and disability requirements.

Housing Assistance

Find out if you're eligible for a VA-backed home loan. If you have a service-connected disability, see if you qualify for a housing grant to help you live more independently.

Life Insurance

Explore VA life insurance options for Veterans, service members, and families. Manage your policy online, file claims for benefits, and access helpful resources.

Burials & Memorials

Get help planning a burial in a VA national cemetery, order a headstone or other memorial item to honor a Veteran's service, and apply for survivor and dependent benefits.

Records

Apply for a printed Veteran ID card, get your VA benefit letters and medical records, and learn how to apply for a discharge upgrade.

Service Member Benefits

Find out what benefits you may be eligible for during service and which time-sensitive benefits to consider when separating or retiring.

Family Member Benefits

Learn about the benefits you may qualify for as a spouse, dependent, or survivor. And find out what you're eligible for as a family member caring for a Veteran with disabilities.

VA Department Information

Learn more about the VA departments that manage our benefit and health care programs.

DAV.org - Disabled American Veterans Charity

DAV is the top veterans charity organization. Volunteer, get help and give to Disabled American Veterans. As a disabled veterans organization, we change lives.

dav, vso, benefits

Mighty Oaks | Veteran & First Responder Recovery Programs

Mighty Oaks Foundation is a faith-based nonprofit organization dedicated to helping veterans, first responders, and their spouses recover from PTSD and trauma. Learn more about our programs.

religious, PTSD, recovery

Red Cross - Services for Veterans

The Red Cross is proud to offer services to men and women veterans who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. Contact your local Red Cross for more.

various

Operation Homefront

From placing a family in permanent housing to supplying military children with back-to-school supplies, our programs support military families so they can thrive, not simply struggle to get by, in the communities – OUR communities – they have worked so hard to protect.

homeless, child assistance, grants

The American Legion a U.S. Veterans Association

The American Legion is the nation’s largest wartime veterans service organization aimed at advocating patriotism through diverse programs and member benefits.

benfits, homeless, housing, forms, all things VA

The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S.

As the largest and oldest war veterans service organization, we have a long and proven history of providing vital assistance and support to America's service members, veterans and their families. From fighting for veterans benefits on Capitol Hill, to financial grants, transition support and educational scholarships, we're there to ensure current and former service members receive the benefits they've earned and deserve.

all things VA, housing, disability, benefits

Wounded Warriors Family Support & Charities For Veterans

Wounded Warriors Family Support is a top-rated veteran run charity directly serving the needs of our nation & wounded veterans and their families. Call (402) 502-7557.

purple heart, injured, benefits

Team Never Quit

Team Never Quit Embodies The Heart of A Warrior Our commitment is to honor those who have fallen, stand with those who have survived, and share their stories that we might inspire others to Never Quit. JOIN TNQ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Sign Up for Our Newsletter Subscribe to us to always stay in touch […]

motivation, community

Folds of Honor - Scholarships for Military and First Responder Families

Folds of Honor is a nonprofit organization that helps provide the families of fallen and disabled service members and first responders educational scholarships.

education, scholarship, benefits, family

Vet2Vet | Gladly Teach, Gladly Learn

Vet to Vet is a consumer/provider partnership program that utilizes veterans in recovery in a peer-counseling capacity to help other veterans. Vet to Vet is administered by veterans who themselves have been consumers of VA mental-health services.

peer support, mental health

Veterans Benefits Assistance | Fighting For Our Heroes Foundation | Kissimmee

Fighting For Our Heroes Foundation's purpose is to assist and support all who have sacrificed their blood, sweat, and tears in defense of our great nation. We offer free assistance to veterans who need help with VA Disability Benefits.

benefits, disability, vso

VA Benefits Attorneys | Legal Help For Veterans, PLLC

Legal Help For Veterans, PLLC is a nationwide VA Disability Law Firm assisting veterans and their family members in all Federal VA Benefit matters.

legal help, benefits, family

Operation First Response

Financial and family assistance for active duty and disabled veterans. Our support is personalized and practical. We provide assistance with essential living expenses such as rent and mortgage payments utilities, vehicle payments, groceries, clothing and travel expenses related to treatment and recovery.

groceries, clothing, travel, housing, bill assistance, recovery

Fisher House Foundation

Are you in need of a home away from home? Fisher Houses provide military families housing close to a loved one in the hospital for an illness, disease or injury.

families, caregiver, short-term housing

Soldiers' Angels

Soldiers’ Angels offers a wide variety of services that benefit all those in the Military-connected community. Food assistance, comfort care for veterans, care-giver support, and more.

food, caregiver, community

USA Cares

USA Cares provides financial and advocacy assistance to post-9/11 active duty US military personnel, veterans and their families.

financial assistance, post-9/11

Military Money - Financial Resource For Military Families

Military Money provides free information and resources to help military members achieve financial success.

money, education

Veterans Inc | Since 1990

Veterans Inc. is determined to provide what a veteran needs within a culture that affirms the individual’s dignity, uncovers his or her inner strengths, and promotes self-determination and independence.

employment, mental health, recovery ,housing, transportation

United Way

United is the Way we create lasting change. United Way brings communities together to find strength and share hope. It’s the way we rally in hard times to meet people’s needs so they can rise back up and build a better future.

local, financial assistance, homeless

Salvation Army | Veteran Services

Our veterans have always fought for us. Now, during this global pandemic, it's our time to fight for them.

local, financial assistance, homeless, housing, clothing

Goodwill - Veteran Family Services

Goodwill's Veteran Family Services program provides employment, job training and comprehensive case management to veterans and their family members.

local, financial assistance, homeless, housing, clothing. toprated

New Mexico VIC | Veteran Integration Centers

You can help the Veterans Integration Centers (VIC®) reach its goals of enabling Veterans and their families to achieve stable housing, financial security, and a renewed sense of community in Albuquerque, New Mexico and beyond. The Veterans Integration Center (VIC®) is a 501(c)(3) organization, and all donations are tax deductible.

housing, financial assistance, recover, integration, mental health, clothing, food, toprated

Purple Heart Foundation

If you carry the physical and emotional scars of battle and need support, we have a few resources for you to access to help you begin to heal.

Heroes To Heroes Foundation

Heroes to Heroes Foundation provides spiritual healing and peer support for American Combat Veterans who have attempted suicide or are on a path to self-destruction due to moral injury. Participants report feelings of peace and a new sense of purpose. Solid peer support groups are formed, giving participants a sense of family and connectedness that lasts a lifetime.

70% or higher rating with $4000 a month in income with honorable discharge. Retreats, scholarships, and financial assistance with necessities like housing and utilities.

Free private air transportation for combat injured veterans for medical or other compassionate purposes.

Housing, transportation, business, and training for wounded only.

Employment resources, financial aid, retreats for OIF wounded veterans with a 30% or higher disability rating.

Scholarships and other assistance for injured veterans and families.

Training and planning for health, finances, careers. For physically OR mentally wounded Veterans.

Assistance to burn victims.

Additional VA assistance for those that qualify for the Post 9/11 GI Bill.

Assistance for veterans of Operation Enduring Iraqi Freedom.

Various types of assistance for severely wounded veterans.

Vacations for purple heart recipients.

Gym memberships, fitness assistance, and therapy for combat injured veterans.

Assistance for Purple Heart recipients.

Assistance for Purple Heart recipients.

Vail Veterans Program

Colorado only. Through rehabilitative sports and recreational activities, Vail Veterans Program helps veterans rebuild confidence and improve lives.

Virginia Department of Veteran Services

Virginia only. The Virginia Veterans Services Foundation is an independent agency of the Commonwealth supporting the interests of veterans and their families through the Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs and is governed by an appointed Board of Trustees. The Foundation provides supplemental funding when state and federal resources are not available. Donations support selected programs and critical services offered through the Virginia Department of Veterans Services.

Hounds for Heroes | Service Dog Training for Veterans & Civilians in Austin

Transform your life with expert Service Dog Training at The Dog Alliance in Cedar Park. Supporting veterans and civilians in the greater Austin area.

Impact a Hero

Texas-specific. Provide opportunities through professional and servant leadership, financial literacy, and camaraderie to enhance the wellbeing and personal growth for veterans and their families. With collaboration and partnership with other veteran service organizations, Impact A Hero strives to reignite the passion of service to active and military veterans.

Arizona Military Assistance Mission

Military Assistance Mission provides financial assistance and morale aid to Arizona military and their families and our wounded heroes.

Vail Veterans Program

Through rehabilitative sports and recreational activities, Vail Veterans Program helps veterans rebuild confidence and improve lives.

Warrior Beach Retreat

We, Warrior Beach Retreat, Inc, are a nonprofit organization that makes it possible for combat wounded soldiers of the Iraq and Afghanistan tours and their spouses/caregivers to spend an entire week away at our relaxing beach retreat here at Panama City Beach, Fl.

Free for Vets - New Mexico Rail Runner Train Transportation

Rio Metro collaborates to provide safe, accessible, efficient, and innovative transportation services for the benefit of our diverse local communities and the regional economy.

transportation, free, perks, discounts

Cars 4 Heroes | Veteran Services

Cars 4 Heroes is a 501 c 3 organization that provides free basic transportation to veterans, active-duty military, first responders, and their families that are unable to obtain it on their own. Christmas Event December 20th in Kansas City open to everyone.

car, transportation