Air travel
For emergency travel airfare financial assistance, visit this LINK. Also consider calling the airlines directly to see if they have military rates that are not published online.
Air travel - MilitaryFares.com
Military discount flights, cheap military airfares. Airline tickets for for military personnel, spouses and families. The only reservation site with authentic military fares!
Air travel - Space Available Travel
Auto transportation - Military Rideshare
The concept for this site came to me each time I would hop on the highway for a long weekend and I would look around and see so many vehicles with DOD stickers getting on the highway too. I would think, 'how many of these people are heading in the same direction I am and why can't we find a way to hook up and ride together?' Now, finally, 10 years later I am making that thought a reality with MilitaryRideShare.com. It is my hope that Marines, Sailors, AirMen, Soldiers and their dependent families will be able to utilize this site to find other military members who are going in the same direction, ride together, and hopefully save some green.
Auto transportation - WeCar
WeCar by Enterprise car sharing provides a totally automated, membership-based and environmentally friendly transportation solution, whether it is for an hour, a day, a weekend or longer.
Christmas - Home decorated for the holidays by Christmas Decor
Is there a military family that you would like to nominate for the Decorated Family program? If you nominate a family Christmas Decor will try to decorate their home for the holidays!
Each holiday season, each Christmas Decor franchisees nationwide donate their products, resources and time to decorate the homes of local military as a part of the Decorated Family Program.
Christmas - Trees for Troops
The Christmas SPIRIT Foundation is organizing locally-hosted events (called TweetUp4Troops) during Veterans Day week (Saturday, Nov. 7 through Saturday, Nov. 14). The local TweetUp4Troops events are designed to generate funds to support the Foundation's Trees For Troops program. To date, Trees for Troops has touched 50,082 military families by providing them a fresh, farm-grown Christmas tree for the holidays. With your help, TweetUp4Troops can spread the joy to many more families!
Computers - Computers for Heroes (Military Family Support)
Military Family Support is going to giveaway computers to help our American Heroes, their families and all families who support them! This is an important component of the Military Family Support plan to help millions of Americans.
Computers - Computers for Soldiers
If you or your loved one is an active service member in any of the US Armed Forces (Army, Navy, Air Force or Marine Corps), this program is for you.
As a veteran of Desert Shield and Desert Storm, I know how important it is to stay in touch with your family. That is why we developed the Computers For Soldiers® program. Our goal is to provide an affordable computer to the families of troops so they can communicate with their loved ones. But not just any computer -- one that someone would actually want!
We believe that every military family deserves a low cost way to communicate and this program is NOT limited to low income families - any military family is able to purchase a computer through this program.
Employment - Military Spouse Employment Partnership Job Board
A job board opened to military spouses from all branches of the military. This board currently features over 100 companies that "pledge to give military spouses a special look for job openings as well as train supervisors to be flexible and understanding about the military lifestyle while allowing for job transferability during military moves when possible."
Employment - Military Spouse Education and Career Support Services (Military OneSource): http://www.militaryonesource.com/MOS/FindInformation/Category/
Achieving your career and educational goals when you move frequently can be a challenge. Let Military OneSource help smooth the way with information about portable work options, flexible college options, licensing, and where to find job postings.
Military OneSource offers expanded services for military spouses seeking assistance with education and training questions or other career-related matters! Call a Military OneSource consultant for specific information, resources, referrals as well as information about education and careers.
For more information, call 1-800-342-9647
Employment - Military Spouse Corporate Career Network
MSCCN mission statement: The MSCCN is a nonprofit organization in excellent standing with the IRS. We focus on employment readiness, applicant referral, job training, and job placement assistance for military spouses, transitioning military, veterans, war wounded, and caregivers of war wounded. The MSCCN was founded and created by a Navy spouse in 2004 and is operated and managed by a team of geographically diverse military spouses, veterans, and caregivers of war wounded, working from home offices located near military installations across the country.
Family coaching - Homeward Deployed
Serving the flag should not be a barrier to military families nurturing emotionally, physically, mentally, and spiritually healthy children. Homeward Deployed empowers soldiers and their families to maintain strong family bonds while moving through a parent’s deployment and to successfully reintegrate as a strong, resilient family team, honoring the losses and changes that come with deployment and the return from duty.
Health information resources - Milhealth Directory
Milhealth’s Directory is a compilation of carefully selected and evaluated military health information resources. Some of the resources are 'consumer health' appropriate, others are clinical research such as what your physician or health care provider would view.
Carefully researched and evaluated, resources and materials are summarized and arranged in easy to understand subject topics (easy to use), organized (easy access) and maintained (currency).
Interactive Customer Evaluation - ICE (DOD website)
ICE allows DoD customers to rate products and services provided by DoD offices and facilities worldwide. Your comment card ratings are used to improve the products and services available to you. This service applies to all branches of service.
Library resources - Military OneSource Online Libraries
The Military OneSource Online Libraries have something for everyone. From children's audiobooks to career preparation exams, these free resources are available from the comfort of your home computer.
To locate this feature on Military OneSource, log in, locate the Military Life & Deployment tab, the Military Life tab, the Military Family Life tab, then then scroll down to locate the Online Library Resources. Includes:
- CountryWatch
- Culture Grams
- DoD MWR Libraries
- Heritage Quest
- MasterFILE
- NewsBank Military Publications
- eBooks Collection
LivingFit
LivingFit will help you achieve a healthier lifestyle through good nutrition and balanced activity. Because your health is so important, LivingFit will provide you with
- Sample meal plans
- Goal activities specific for you
- Healthy eating tips
And we’ll even help keep track of progress toward your goal. LivingFit is an easy and fun way for you to achieve your individual goals!
When taking care of your body, there are two basic components that you have total control over – what goes IN, also know as the food we eat, and what goes OUT, or how many calories we burn when we move. Finding the balance between what goes IN and what goes OUT is the key to success in weight maintenance and being healthier.
Medical - Tri-Care
TRICARE is the health care program serving Uniformed Service members, retirees and their families worldwide.
Military personnel records - National Military Personnel Records Center
The National Personnel Records Center, Military Personnel Records (NPRC-MPR) is the repository of millions of military personnel, health, and medical records of discharged and deceased veterans of all services during the 20th century. (Records prior to WWI are in Washington, DC.) NPRC (MPR) also stores medical treatment records of retirees from all services, as well as records for dependent and other persons treated at naval medical facilities. Information from the records is made available upon written request (with signature and date) to the extent allowed by law.
This site is provided for those seeking information regarding military personnel, health and medical records stored at NPRC (MPR).
Military spouse club ideas - Sarah Smiley
To make members feel more connected, and to create a fun environment where everyone is working toward the same goal, many spouse clubs have employed ice breakers, theme parties and yearly fundraising. Below are reader-submitted suggestions from military spouses across the country. Try one of these at your next meeting, or create something new.
Military spouse comics - Jenny the Military Spouse
Jenny comics are free for use in military newspapers and military spouses' club newsletters. See Terms of Use page for legal info. Check out the other papers that already offer Jenny to their readers. Jenny appears in over 50 military newspapers and newsletters around the globe.
Pet adoption - Pets for Patriots
We create unique opportunities for members of the military community to save a life by honorably adopting homeless adult dogs and cats.
We support member Patriot adoptions of adult shelter pets, large dogs and special needs animals – those most in need of a loving, forever home – from any of our member shelters. To ease the financial costs associated with pet ownership, we partner with veterinarians to deliver a minimum 10% discount for the life of the adopted pet's care. Pets for Patriots provides access to additional cost reductions for pet basics, such as food, toys and essential supplies.
We’re determined to make the joys of adult pet ownership achievable and affordable for the men and women of the U.S. military.
Our goal is to make the benefits of shelter pet adoption a reality for military personnel, ensuring many years of friendship, companionship and joy with their honorably adopted dog or cat.
Resources - Army One Source
Army OneSource is the one source for information about programs, services and opportunities available for the entire Army Family, regardless of user affiliation to the Army or geographical location. AOS provides a common level of support for Soldiers, Families and Staff Members.
Resources - Military OneSource
Military OneSource (MOS) supplements existing family programs by providing a website and a worldwide, 24 hour, seven-day-a-week information and referral telephone service to ALL active, Guard and Reserve Soldiers, deployed civilians and their families. MOS services are provided at no-cost.This site is designed to help military families deal with life's issues. Call 1-800-342-9647 for confidential, compassionate support.
Military OneSource can provide information on topics such as parenting and child care, education, relocation, financial and legal matters, emotional issues, well-being, grief and loss, addiction, and deployment and reunion issues. Need to file a state or federal tax return? You can do both online through Military OneSource. Also, you can ask for free educational materials in many subject areas. Booklets, CDs, or articles will be sent free of charge if you want information on such things as buying your first car, relationship issues, or many other topics.
Resources - National Military Family Organization
Our goal is to educate military families concerning their rights, benefits and services available to them and to inform them regarding the issues that affect their lives and... to promote and protect the interests of military families by influencing the development and implementation of legislation and policies affecting them. Addresses deployment, education, family life, family member benefits, government, healthcare, money, resources.
Wedding dress - Nationwide Military Wedding Gown Giveaway Event (Brides Across America)
Bridal salons are uniting across America to donate and giving away wedding gowns to qualified military brides. You may qualify even if you had a civil ceremony and are planning an upcoming wedding.
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resources
Military supporters, churches
Military chaplains
Organizations that support
Resources for
Encouragement
Military life
Free downloads for kids
Additional resources for the military lifestyle
Air travel
Auto transportation - car and ride sharing
Christmas - home decorated, tree
Computers
Employment
Family coaching
Health information resources
Interactive customer evaluation (ICE)
Library resources
LivingFit
Medical
Military personnel records
Military spouse club ideas
Military spouse comics
Pet adoption
Resources
Wedding dress (free)
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