--- title: 5 Great Benefits for Military Families description: For Veterans Day, here are 5 benefits—from employment and education, to loans and banking—that the military offers families of soldiers. authors: - name: Kerri Anne Renzulli url: https://money.com/author/kerri-anne-renzulli/ at_money_since: 2014 articles: 185 covers: - Personal Finance - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Pets - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes social: - https://x.com/kerenzulli former_staff: true published: '2015-10-22T16:55:49.000Z' modified: '2024-04-16T07:18:17.000Z' section: Personal Finance tags: - Benefits - Military - money magazine - Veterans word_count: 396 canonical: https://money.com/veterans-day-military-family-benefits/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Ricky Thomas, 4th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, poses for a picture with his family after returning to Fort Polk from Afghanistan February 11, 2014.](https://img.money.com/2015/11/151109_ft_veteran_family.jpg) *U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Ricky Thomas, 4th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, poses for a picture with his family after returning to Fort Polk from Afghanistan February 11, 2014.* Here are five ways the people you love can qualify for perks based on your military service. **Employment** The free Military Spouse Employment Partnership pairs recruiters from Fortune 500 companies with spouses of military members who left the service in the past 180 days. (There is no time limit for the spouses of military members killed on active duty.) For spouses of vets who have been out of the military for more than 180 days, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's [Hiring Our Heroes](http://www.uschamberfoundation.org/hiring-our-heroes) program offers free online career tools and job fairs. "Long periods of unemployment and spotty career histories often mean that military spouses get eliminated by HR departments," says Amy Bushatz, an editor for Military.com. "This is a huge help." **Education **In addition to federal GI Bill benefits, some states offer their own college funding to military families. For example, Alaska waives 100% of in-state undergraduate tuition and fees for spouses and dependents of veterans who died in the line of duty or who died as a result of injuries sustained while in the line of duty, or who are listed as prisoners of wars or missing in action. For a state-by-state list, click on the "finding a school" tab on [Military.com](http://www.military.com). **Business loans **The Small Business Administration offers veterans' spouses low-interest loans to pay startup and expansion costs. These no-fee loans typically carry rates no higher than 7.75% and are capped at $350,000. The SBA also responds to these applications within 36 hours. **Banking **Military credit unions offer perks traditional banks often don't: no-fee and higher-interest checking, high-yield CDs, and free access to other credit-union ATMs worldwide. Spouses, children, grandchildren, parents, grandparents, and siblings of veterans are eligible. **Car loans **You can also score highly competitive rates on car loans through a military credit union. For example, Navy Federal offers 36-month auto loans at a 1.49% rate, compared with the current average rate of 4.24%, according to Bankrate. And those aren't the only savings you'll see. In years when USAA collects more in premiums than it pays out, members receive distributions or dividends. **Read more of The Veteran’s Guide to Financial Success:** - 8 Tips for Soldiers Looking to Conquer the Civilian Job Market - [6 Simple Ways for Soldiers to Control Their Post-Military Healthcare Costs](https://money.com/veterans-guide-military-healthcare-costs/) - 5 Smart Money Moves for Soldiers and Military Veterans - [4 Key Steps in the March Toward a Comfortable Retirement](https://money.com/veterans-guide-retirement-steps/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/veterans-day-military-family-benefits/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Personal Finance", "item": "https://money.com/personal-finance/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Financial Planning", "item": "https://money.com/financial-planning/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "5 Great Benefits for Military Families" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/veterans-day-military-family-benefits/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/veterans-day-military-family-benefits/", "name": "5 Great Benefits for Military Families", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2015-10-22T16:55:49.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/veterans-day-military-family-benefits/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/veterans-day-military-family-benefits/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2024-04-16T07:18:17.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "5 Great Benefits for Military Families", "articleSection": "Personal Finance", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2015/11/151109_ft_veteran_family.jpg", "width": 2100, "height": 1395, "caption": "151109_FT_Veteran_Family" } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kerri Anne Renzulli", "url": "https://money.com/author/kerri-anne-renzulli/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/kerri-anne-renzulli/#author", "image": "https://img.money.com/2014/05/14-05-21_bio_author_renzulli.jpg?quality=85&w=190&h=190&crop=1", "email": "kerri.renzulli@moneymail.com", "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/kerenzulli" ] } ], "publisher": "https://money.com/#organization", "datePublished": "2015-10-22T16:55:49.000Z", "description": "For Veterans Day, here are 5 benefits—from employment and education, to loans and banking—that the military offers families of soldiers.", "abstract": "For Veterans Day, here are 5 benefits—from employment and education, to loans and banking—that the military offers families of soldiers.", "@id": "https://money.com/veterans-day-military-family-benefits/", "inLanguage": "en-US", "dateModified": "2024-04-16T07:18:17.000Z", "wordCount": 396, "keywords": [ "Benefits", "Military", "money magazine", "Veterans" ], "about": [ { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Personal finance", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_finance" ] }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Financial plan", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_plan" ] } ] } ] } ```