Military-related insurance plans

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U.S. Army paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division parachute from a C-17 Globemaster during a Joint Operational Access Exercise mission, Camp Mackall, N.C., June 26, 2013. (Airman 1st Class Cory D. Payne/Air Force)

Many military- and veteran-affiliated companies and organizations offer insurance.

These are some of the most well-known groups, along with some commercial companies and government entities and their website information:

•Air Force Association Veteran Benefits Association: www.afavba.org

•Air Force Sergeants Association: www.hqafsa.org

•American Armed Forces Mutual Aid Association (AAFMAA, formerly Army and Air Force Mutual Aid Association): www.aafmaa.com

•Association of the U.S. Army: www.ausa.org

•Fleet Reserve Association: www.fra.org

•Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.: www.jwv.org

•Military Benefit Association: www.militarybenefit.org

•Military Officers Association of America: www.moaa.org

•National Association for Uniformed Services: www.naus.org

•Navy Mutual (formerly Navy Mutual Aid Association): www.navymutual.org

•Prudential: www.prudential.com

•Reserve Officers Association: www.roa.org

•Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance: www.insurance.va.gov

•USAA Life: www.usaa.com

•Veterans’ Group Life Insurance: www.insurance.va.gov

About 

Karen has covered military families, quality of life and consumer issues for Military Times for more than 30 years, and is co-author of a chapter on media coverage of military families in the book “A Battle Plan for Supporting Military Families.” She previously worked for newspapers in Guam, Norfolk, Jacksonville, Fla., and Athens, Ga.