Current Benefits for National Guard Families: Useful Websites

Recently, when I was at the "Family Day" at Otis AFB in Bourne, MA, I found some information that may be helpful to National Guard families. One of the volunteers mentioned that there are benefits available to the families of National Guard service men and women that sometimes get over looked. So here are the places that the information is available.

Here are some links to thesites with information. Encourage anyone you know who is serving to look over the sites to see if there are benefits and/or entitlements that they might have missed.

Locating an ID Card facility near you:
http://www.dmdc.osd.mil/rsl/owa/home

Current Pay and Allownce tables:
http://dod.mil/militarypay http://mypay.dfas.mil/mypay

Thrift Savings Plan:
http://www.tsp.gov

Survivor Benefit Plan:
http://www.defenselink.mil/militarypay/survivor/sbp/index.html

VA Life Insurance:
http://www.insurance.va.gov

Army Emergency Relief:
http://www.aerhq.org

Air Force Aid Society:
http://www.afas.org

Air Force Legal help:
http://hqja.jag.af.mil

Army Legal Help:
http://www.jacnet.army.mil/legal

Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act:
http://www.dol.gov/vets

Employer Support of the Reserve and Guard:
http://www.esgr.com

Health Care:
http://www.tricare.mil
http://www.tricaredentalprogram.com

Montgomery GI Bill:
http://www.gibill.va.gov

Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Educational Support:
http://www.dantes.doded.mil

Service Members Opportunity Colleges:
http://www.soc.aascu.org

Survivors' and Dependents' Education Assistance Program:
http://www.gibill.va.gov/pamphlets/CH35/CH35_Pamphlet_General.htm

National Guard Family Program:
http://www.guardfamily.org

Find a local Family Assistance Center:
http://www.guardfamily.org/Public/Application/ResourceFinderSearch.aspx

Chaplain:
chaplain@ngb.ang.af.mil
http://www.ngb.ang.af.mil

Morale, Welfare and Recreation:
Air Force http://www-p.afsv.af.mil/default.htm
Army http://www.armywmr.com

Space Available Travel:
http://www.transcom.mil

Commissary:
http://www.commisaries.com

Exchange:
http://www.aafes.com