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Got Questions? Get Answers.

March 22, 2009, in Resources by

Army families, here's your "one-stop-shop" for information on your benefits.

The Army's G-1 staff launched a redesigned website that consolidates all Army benefits information in one location. The MyArmyBenefits website has calculators that allow Soldiers to see how much money they can expect to receive upon retirement. The site also lists information on 150 different benefits ranging from child care to education assistance.

Fact sheets are provided on a variety of Family services, recreation programs, Space-A travel, Army Emergency Relief, health care, Spouse employment assistance and many other programs. In addition, there are 54 state and territory fact sheets that break out different benefits for Soldiers who live in each state.

Very comprehensive!

Thanks to Rhonda.

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About Andi

Andi is married to an active-duty soldier and is the founder and former editor of SpouseBUZZ.

She is the founder of the Annual MilBlog Conference. The MilBlog Conference is the premiere event of the year for military bloggers. President George W. Bush, U.S. Representative Adam Smith, GEN David Petraeus, LTG Mike Oates, LTG William Caldwell, RADM Mark Fox, MG Kevin Bergner, MG David Hogg and The Honorable Pete Geren have addressed previous conferences.

While living in Washington, DC, Andi was the Ambassador to Walter Reed Army Medical Center for Sew Much Comfort, a non-profit organization which makes and delivers, free of charge, special adaptive clothing for wounded service members. Andi has worked with several non-profits to help our wounded heroes and their families. She finds that work to be the most rewarding and meaningful of all.

Andi strives to find humor in the good, bad and ugly of life and is a firm believer that laughter has the ability to cure most ills.

Comments

  1. Vicky says:
    March 22, 2009 at 10:50 am

    The link is not working for me. Is there a problem with the site?

  2. CR says:
    March 22, 2009 at 7:35 pm

    At first, I thought, "Oh God, not another website".
    After browsing, I can see significant value adding features that many other Army info portals lack.
    1. Fact sheets are organized according to component.
    2. Fact sheets have a date.
    3. Fact sheets have an author/agency so you know who has compiled the info and where you can get more info.
    4. And my favorite–a Google search feature. We've turned a corner here people!
    I can't quite agree that it's a "one stop shop" since it links out to AKO, MALT, OneSource, ArmyFamiliesOnline, etc, etc.
    It is a step in the right direction in terms of organizing the masses of information out there.

  3. I'm a veteran says:
    March 23, 2009 at 4:10 am

    I think that is a nice new site with provided calculator. I've seen that most of what's included in the site are just the same in VA site – of course they should be. At least the site is concentrated on one topic =)
    Thanks for sharing anyways!

  4. Andi says:
    March 23, 2009 at 4:27 am

    Vicky – Were you able to get the link to work? I had no trouble.
    CR – I agree. There is so much information scattered around, and sometimes it's very difficult to figure out where to go, or which source to trust.

  5. RITArmyWife says:
    March 23, 2009 at 6:08 am

    This has been such a blessing to all the questions that have been lingering in my mind!! Thank you so very much for posting this!!!

  6. marinewife2011 says:
    March 8, 2012 at 6:12 pm

    can you find out if a dependent is on the insurance online or do you have to actually go to one of the TRICARE offices near your residence?