VA Welcome Kit

May 15 is Armed Forces Day, which celebrates soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, Guardians and Coast Guardsmen. Service members don’t need to wait until separating to start using benefits they earned. Here are seven ways service members can start using VA.

The VA Welcome Kit just added 10 new guides to help you apply for and use VA benefits and services.

The VA Burial and Memorial Quick Start guide summarizes VA benefits and services for end of life planning for Veterans and their families.

The VA Welcome Kit answers the question "What can VA do for me?"

“The VA has paid special attention to Veteran feedback and has endeavored to improve the overall experience of the agency’s regular customers. This has been reflected by a substantial rise in reported Veteran satisfaction from 2015 to 2019, which nearly doubled," said Surafeal Asgedom, Chief of VA Modernization.

Veterans know that VA has no shortage of technical handouts, benefits books and informational materials, but even with all these resources, Veterans are saying “Where do I start?”

Part of VA’s Welcome Kit, this guide helps families identify VA Survivor benefits they may be eligible for after a Veteran loved one has passed.

Every year Senior enlisted leaders, representing all services – active, reserve, and retired gather from all parts of the United States to attend the largest gathering of senior non-commissioned officers in America, the Great Sergeants Major Reunion.  This year it was held in Houston, Texas and more than 400 SGMs were there.