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Collection of useful links… 

 

Afterdeployment.org - Provides wellness resources for the military community.

America Saves - America Saves is a nationwide campaign in which a broad coalition of nonprofit, corporate, and government groups helps individuals and families save and build wealth. Through information, advice, and encouragement, we assist those who wish to pay down debt, build an emergency fund, save for a home, save for an education, or save for retirement.

Behavioral Health Information Network - The Behavioral Health Information Network (BHIN) is a web-based clearinghouse for the latest information and tools for Marines, families and professionals on prevention and other resources concerning behavioral health.

Blue Star Families - Blue Star Families is a non-partisan, non-profit organization, created by real military families.  The organization provides both online and physical chapter-based communities and serves as a bridge between families and support and service organizations that are striving to help make military life more sustainable.

Combat Operational Stress Control - The Combat Operational Stress Control (COSC) website provides resources for Marine leaders, chaplains, mental health professionals, medical providers, service members, veterans, family members, and their advocates.

Deployment Support - The Deployment Support website provides value information and resources regarding deployment for Marines and their families.

DOD Military Family Support - A Department of Defense website dedicated to Marines and their families.

DSTRESS - From the everyday stressors of life to the stressors related to combat, stress can affect even the strongest Marine. The DSTRESS Line was developed by the Corps to provide professional, anonymous counseling for Marines, attached Sailors, and families when it's needed most. Visit the website now to find out how to call one of your own.

FOCUS - FOCUS (Families OverComing Under Stress) provides resiliency training to military families. It teaches practical skills to meet the challenges of deployment and reintegration, to communicate and solve problems effectively, and to successfully set goals together and create a shared family story.

Library Catalog of the Marine Corps Community Services - Home page for the Marine Corps Community Services (MCCS) Library Catalog.

Marine Corps Form Repository - Marine Corps electronic and paper forms inventory, updated daily.

MarineNet - MarineNet is an online distance learning environment.  MarineNet courses are available to all Marines: active duty, reserve, civilian, and retirees. Numerous courses are also available to family members with valid government ID.

Military Child Education Coalition - A 501(c)(3) non-profit, world-wide organization, the Military Child Education Coalition (MCEC)'s work is focused on ensuring quality educational opportunities for all military children affected by mobility, family separation, and transition.

Military Homefront - The Department of Defense website for official Military Community and Family Policy (MC&FP) program information, policy and guidance designed to help troops and their families, leaders, and service providers. Whether you live the military lifestyle or support those who do, you'll find what you need!

Military Life - Your link to the military community.

Military OneSource - Whether its help with child care, personal finances, emotional support during deployments, relocation information, or resources needed for special circumstances, Military OneSource is there for you... 24/7/365!  Online or by phone, Military OneSource is fast, confidential, and easy to use, and there is no cost to the servicemember!  

Military Significant Others and Spouse Support - Provides support and information resource for military spouses and significant others of all branches, around the world.

Military Spouse Relief Act - Information about the Military Spouses Relief Act signed into law by President Obama on November 11, 2009.

MilSpouse - A resource library for military spouse employment, education and relocation information. The site provides thousands of links to employment related information and other resources for military spouses and military families.

MOTOMAIL - Family and friends of deployed Marines in Afghanistan & Iraq can now send a letter to be downloaded, printed and ready for delivery - usually within 24 hours.  The service is FREE, PRIVATE, and SECURE.

National Military Family Association - The National Military Family Association is an organization made up of spouses, parents and other family members.  We speak on behalf of military families and empower husbands, wives and children to understand and access their benefits.  We meet the needs of service members and their famlies with insightful recommendations, innovative programs, and grassroots efforts to better the quality of life for military families.

National Resource Directory - A website connecting Wounded Warriors, Service Members, Veterans & their Families with Those Who Support Them.

Operation Mom - Our primary mission is to provide a place where families of those serving our country can find support, encouragement, solace, and be with others who share their heart.

Our Military Kids - Our Military Kids provides tangible support to the children of deployed and severely injured National Guard and Military Reserve personnel through grants for sports, fine arts and tutoring that nurture and sustain the children during the time a parent is away in service to our country.

Save and Invest.org - Provides free, unbiased financial information for military families.

Sesame Street Family Connections - The Sesame Street Family Connections website is a bilingual (English/Spanish) child centered online space where both children and adults can interact and stay connected when distance makes everyday communication difficult. With the help of their favorite Sesame Street Muppet friends, family members can compose encouraging messages to each other, share artwork and videos, upload photos, and get answers to some questions they may have but didn’t know how to ask. Sesame Street Family Connections will serve as a free, common and private online place to keep military families connected across the globe.

Serve.gov - Serve.gov is your online resource for not only finding volunteer opportunities in your community, but also creating your own. Use Serve.gov to help you do your part. America’s foundation will be built one community at a time –- and it starts with you.

TRICARE - TRICARE is the health care program serving uniformed service members, retirees and their families worldwide.

USAA Educational Foundation - Helps consumers make informed decisions by providing information on financial management, safety concerns, and significant life events.

Warrior Gateway - The Warrior Gateway Program is designed to promote easier reintegration into home communities. It establishes a single capability that serves as a trusted and reliable resource for the military community to quickly locate service organizations that satisfy their needs, identify academic programs they are interested in and easily find employers seeking their valuable skills, while enabling improvements in the service provider sector through metrics and collaboration.  This program is free to the military community.

Wounded Warrior Regiment - The Marine Corps Wounded Warrior Regiment provides and facilitates non-medical care to combat and non-combat Wounded, Ill, and Injured (WII) Marines, and Sailors attached to or in direct support of Marine units, and their family members in order to assist them as they return to duty or transition to civilian life. The WWR assists active, reserve and veteran Marines. The Regimental Headquarters element, located in Quantico, VA, commands the operations of two Wounded Warrior Battalions located at Camp Pendleton, California and Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and multiple detachments in locations around the globe.

Yellow Ribbon Program - The Yellow Ribbon program is a DOD wide effort to support National Guard and Reserve Service Members and Families with information on benefits and referrals before, during, and after deployments.

 
Collection of useful links…