Lifetime Benefits

The U.S. military has on the order of 1.3 million active-duty personnel. These men and women serve in 150 countries around the world, as well as aboard a wide variety of naval vessels.

At many of the military installations, both in the United States and overseas, live an even larger number of spouses and children. Added to these millions of active-duty personnel and their families are an additional 2.1 million or so military retirees. Most of them also have family members. Collectively, thes...