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- Aerospace Education Foundation (AEF)
- Through scholarships, grants, awards and public awareness, AEF provides America with the tools needed to educate the public and our youth on the importance of science and technology to our national defense.
- Air Force Association (AFA)
- The nearly 150,000-member Air Force Association, formed in 1946, is an independent, nonprofit, civilian aerospace organization that promotes public understanding of aerospace power and national defense. AFA is led by volunteer leaders at the national, state, and local levels. The association has chapters in all fifty states, Europe and the Pacific.
- Air Force Sergeants Association
- AFSA's membership is comprised of Air Force enlistees, both active and retired, of all grades, including Air National Guard and AF Reserve, and offers an Auxiliary program for family members of Air Force personnel.
- The American Legion
- The American Legion was chartered by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic, mutual-help, war-time veterans organization. A community-service organization which now numbers nearly 3 million members -- men and women -- in nearly 15,000 American Legion Posts worldwide. These Posts are organized into 55 Departments -- one each for the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, France, Mexico, and the Philippines.
- American Legion Auxiliary
- With almost a million members from all walks of life, the Auxiliary administers hundreds of volunteer programs, gives tens of thousands of hours to its communities and to veterans, and raises millions of dollars to support its own programs as well as other worthwhile charities familiar to most Americans.
- American Red Cross Armed Forces Emergency Services
- Today's American Red Cross is keeping pace with the changing military. Featuring the latest in computer and telecommunications technology, the American Red Cross Emergency Service Center delivers around-the-clock emergency communication services to active duty military personnel, and to their families.
- Armed Services Mutual Benefit Association (ASMBA)
- ASMBA is a nonprofit fraternal benefit association currently in its fourth decade of service to the military. ASMBA's founders believed strongly that the dedicated people serving our country in the Armed Forces deserve a break when purchasing life insurance. We are proud to offer our members and their families flexible, comprehensive low cost plans tailored to fit today's active military and their families (Active Duty National Guard, Reserve, and Retirees are also included).
- Armed Services YMCA
- The YMCA has provided educational, recreational, social and religious support to the military since 1861 and continues that effort with the Defense Department through the Armed Services YMCA headquarters in Springfield, Virginia.
- Christian Military Fellowship
- Christian Military Fellowship (CMF) supports United States military personnel and their families, worldwide, with prayer, Bible studies, local fellowships, conferences, referrals, free literature, correspondence, hospitality, and Christian resources.
- Civil Air Patrol
- Civil Air Patrol's Cadet Program builds responsible citizens for America through a positive approach to aerospace, leadership, and life skills.
- Fisher House
- A Fisher House is "a home away from home" for families receiving medical care at major military and VA medical centers. The houses are normally located within walking distance of the treatment center or have transportation available. There are 26 Fisher Houses located on 16 military installations and four VA medical centers, and additional houses are planned.
- Marine Corps League
- The League is classified as a veterans / military service organization and was formed for the purposes of promoting the interests of the U. S. Marine Corps; to provide camaraderie and assistance to Marines, as well as to their widows and orphans; and to preserve the traditions of the U. S. Marine Corps.
- Military Officers Association of America
- The association plays an active role in military personnel matters and especially proposed legislation affecting the career force, the retired community, and veterans of the uniformed services.
- National Military Family Association (NMFA)
- The Association has been and is dedicated to identifying and resolving issues affecting families of the Uniformed Services through research, education, legislation, and public information.
- Navy League
- The Navy League of the United States was founded in 1902 with the encouragement of President Theodore Roosevelt. The Navy League is unique among military-oriented associations in that it is a civilian organization dedicated to the education of our citizens, including our elected officials, and the support of the men and women of the sea services and their families.
- Non Commissioned Officers Association
- NCOA was established in 1960 to enhance and maintain the quality of life for noncommissioned and petty officers in all branches of the Armed Forces, National Guard and Reserves. The Association offers its members a wide range of benefits and services designed especially for current and former enlisted service members and their families.
- Silver Wings
- Silver Wings is a national, co-ed, professional organization dedicated to creating proactive, knowledgeable, and effective civic leaders through community service and education about national defense.
- Soldiers' Angels Foundation
- Soldiers' Angels is a website founded by Patti Patton-Bader, mother of Spc. Brandon Varn, who has recently returned from a year's deployment to Iraq.. Soldiers' Angels is a volunteer run, 501 © (3) non-profit organization, incorporated in the state of Nevada. Soldiers' Angels started in June of 2003. The Soldiers' Angels mission is to provide aide and comfort to any of the armed forces and their families.
- The Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, Inc. (TAPS)
- The Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, Inc. (TAPS) is a national non-profit organization made up of, and providing services to, all those who have lost a loved one while serving in the Armed Forces.
- USA Cares
- USA Cares exists to help servicemembers and their families deployed across America and around the globe. USA Cares provides support with relevant and direct assistance that improves challenging situations and betters the life and well-being of Americans who ask so little, yet give so very much.
- U.S. Naval Institute
- As the independent forum for the sea services, the Naval Institute is a private, non-profit membership society for U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard professionals. Since 1873, through its books (Naval Institute Press), magazines (Proceedings & Naval History), and seminars, the Naval Institute provides a safe haven, a forum, for discussion of issues of immediate importance to the nation's military forces and a source for keen historical analysis of military issues.
- U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps
- Sea Cadet organizations exist in most of the maritime nations of the world. Recognizing the value of these organizations in educating youth in maritime matters, the Department of the Navy requested the Navy League of the United States to establish a similar program for American youth. The Navy League agreed to do so and formally established the Naval Sea Cadet Corps (NSCC) and Navy League Cadet Corps (NLCC) in 1958.
- Veteranscorp.org
- The National Veterans Business Development Corporation, doing business as The Veterans Corporation, is a Federally-chartered 501(c)(3) organization that was created by Public Law 106-50, the Veterans Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development Act of 1999. This Act recognized that America “has done too little to assist Veterans…in playing a greater role in the economy of the United States". The Corporation is charged with creating and enhancing entrepreneurial business opportunities for Veterans, including Service-Disabled Veterans.
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