Red Cross paid and volunteer staff provide emergency-related services to members of the U.S. armed forces, veterans, their families, and civilians.

Some of these services include:

• Making our Red Cross around-the-clock, around-the-world emergency communication network available to the men and women of our armed forces and their families during times of personal emergencies. This service operates 24 hours a day, every day of the year, and transmits or receives over 800,000 messages a year at no cost to service personnel or their families.
• Works with Military Relief Agencies to provide interest free grants and loans, if needed, when urgent personal crises arise, such as a death in the family.
• Assisting veterans during discharge procedures and helping them complete forms for military benefits.
• Offering counseling and other social services to military families.