Listed below are some of the Internet favorites to keep up-to-date on issues that concern military retirees:

Access America for Seniors with State Links (www.seniors.gov)


Administration on Aging (www.aoa.dhhs.gov)


Arlington Cemetery (www.arlingtoncemetery.org)


Armed Forces Vacation Club (www.afvclub.com)

Defense LINK (www.defenselink.mi)


(DFAS) Defense Finance and Accounting Service  (www.dod.mil/dfas)


(BUPERS) Disability Web site (www.npc.navy.mil/default.htm)


DOD Military Funeral Honors (www.militaryfuneralhonors.osd.mil)


National Fraud Information Center (www.fraud.org)


National Personnel Records Center (www.archives.gov)


(NAUS) The National Association for Uniformed Services  (www.naus.org)


Navy Lifelines - Retirees (www.lifelines.navy.mil/lifelines/MilitaryLife/Retirees/index.htm)


(TREA) Retired Enlisted Association (www.trea.org)


(TROA) Retired Officers Association TROA (www.troa.org)


Social Security Retirement Planner (www.ssa.gov/retire2)


TRICARE Claims Info (www.tricare.osd.mil/claims/default.cfm)


TRICARE .mil (www.tricare.mil)


TRICARE For Life (www.tricare.mil/mybenefit/home/overview/Plans/ForLife?&CFID=18974647&CFTOKEN=49880347)


TRICARE Humana (www.humana-military.com)


TRICARE Medical (www.tricare.com)


TRICARE Retiree Dental Plan (www.ddpdelta.org)


VA Health Care Eligibility (www.va.gov/elig)


VA Home Page (www.va.gov)


Useful Telephone Numbers

Agent Orange Questions

1-800-749-8387

Air Force Retired Affairs

1-800-531-7502

Air Force Retire Activities — Langley

1-757-764-7386

Arlington National Cemetery

1-703-695-3250
1-703-695-3255

Army Retired Affairs

1-800-336-4909

Awards Information (Washington D.C.)

1-202-685-1770

Cancer Institute Information Center

1-800-422-6237

CHAMPUS (TRICARE Standard) Claims

1-800-403-3950

CHAMPVA Health Center

1-800-733-8387

Coast Guard Retired Affairs

1-800-772-8724

DEERS Verification

1-800-538-9552  

Defense Finance and Accounting Service
Cleveland, Ohio—Retired Casualty Section
(Death Reports) 

1-800-368-3202

Retired Pay Customer Service

1-800-321-1080

Defense Finance and Accounting Service
Denver, Colorado—SBP Annuity Section

1-800-321-1080

Dental Program (Retiree) Delta Dental

1-888-838-8737

Dept. of Justice Radiation Compensation

1-800-729-7327

Eldercare Locator (Problems with Aging)

1-800-677-1116

G. I. Bill Benefits Information
(Navy personnel press 1)

1-800-962-1425

I. D. Cards, Benefits and Eligibility (Navy)

1-866-827-5672

Internal Revenue Service

1-800-829-1040

Mail-Order Pharmacy (Express-scripts)

1-800-903-4680
1-866-363-8667

Marine Corps Retired Activities
Washington DC

1-800-336-4649

Medicare Hot Line

1-800-633-4227

Medicare Information

1-800-633-4227

National Personnel Records Center

1-800-538-4141
1-314-801-0800

Armed Forces Retirement Home

1-800-332-3527
1-800-422-9988

Navy Lodge Reservation Service

1-800-628-9466

Navy Mutual Aid Association

1-800-628-6011

Naval Reserve Personnel Center (Records)

1-877-884-8199

Navy Retired Activities Section Millington TN

1-866-827-5672

Navy Uniform Shop

1-800-368-4088

Navy Worldwide Locator

1-901-874-3388

Reserve Component Personnel Section

1-800-535-2699

Serviceman's Group Life Insurance
(SGLI/VGLI)

1-800-419-1473

Ships Historian (Washington DC)

1-202-433-3643

Shift Colors

1-901-874-3154

Soldiers and Airmen's Home

1-800-422-9988

Social Security Administration

1-800-772-1213

TRICARE CLAIMS SERVICE

1-800-403-3950

TRICARE (HUMANA) General Information

1-800-444-5445

TRICARE (HUMANA) Health Care Info

1-800-333-5331

TRICARE (HUMANA) Care Finder Assistance

1-800-333-4040

TRICARE Headquarters

1-303-676-3526

TRICARE Information Services

1-877-363-6337

The Military Officer's Association (MOA)

1-800-234-6622

U.S. Navy Memorial Information

1-800-821-8892

U.S. Public Health Service

1-800-638-8744

VA Debt Management Center
(VA Center)

1-800-827-0648

VA Education Information Help Line

1-888-442-4551

VA Information Line

1-800-827-1000

VA National Service Life Insurance (NSLI)

1-800-669-8477

VA Regional Office

1-800-827-1000

VA Service Department Burial Benefits

1-800-697-6947

Veterans Group Life Insurance

1-800-419-1473