• Air Force Aid Society
• Air Force Casualty Assistance
• Army Casualty Assistance
• Army Emergency Relief
• Army Community Service
• Coast Guard Mutual Assistance
• Marine Corps Casualty Assistance
• Navy Casualty Assistance
• Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society
• Armed Forces Relief Trust

Discounts for Veterans 
A list of businesses and organizations who offer discounts on goods and services for veterans and active miltary members.  See list here

Employment Department

• Veterans Services and Resources
• Employment Representatives for Veterans
• iMatch Skills
• Human Services Dept. - Food Stamp Program
• Oregon Food Bank
• State Agency Directory
• Oregon Prescription Drug Program
• FREE Enrollment! 
• ALL Oregonians can now join! 
• Save up to 60% on prescriptions! Highest discount is on generics! 
• There is no paperwork required and no age or income limit! Only takes a minute to enroll...

Employment Information

• America's Career InfoNet (ACINet) - Resume tutorial for writing a great resume and cover letter.
• America's Job Bank - Thousands of new jobs are posted daily by employers searching for veterans like you.
• Department of Defense (DoD) Job Search site contains a resume writer designed especially to help you translate your military experience into the appropriate private sector language.
• The National Committee for ESGR - Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve.
• Helmets to Hardhats - A Congressionally funded program using technology to find career opportunities that match your military background.
• Hire Oregon Vets Program - Clackamas County program for Veterans seeking Employment & Businesses wanting to interview Veterans.
• Hire Vets First - Find the One-Stop Career Center near you. Or, call 877-US2-JOBS for direct assistance.
• Military Order of the Purple Heart - Job Training for wounded veterans This training does not require veterans to have a Purple Heart medal
• Oregon State Government Employment - OregonJobs.org - Working for Oregon
  • Veterans Preference andVeterans
• Employment Information
• Oregon Employment Department Veteran Representatives - Assistance for Veterans, including service-connected disabled Veterans.
• Resume Writing Tips - Resumes for Military-to-Civilian Transitions”. Website offers ten tips that you can use to create the kind of resume that gets the attention of civilian employers.
• U. S. Government Employment - USAJobs.gov - Working for America
  • Veterans Preference and Veterans Employment Information  
• USERRA  - Protects all members of the uniformed services from discrimination in employment regardless of whether their uniformed service was in the past, present or future.
• Worksource Oregon - Online iMatchSkills - Where job seekers and employers connect.

Memorials 

• The American Battle Monuments Commission - Established by Congress in 1923 to commemorate the service, sacrifice and achievements of U.S. Armed Forces.
• American Veterans' and Desert Storm Memorial located on the Oregon Coast in Lincoln City at Chinook Winds.
• Grand Ronde, Oregon Veterans' Memorial located on tribal grounds of the Grand Ronde Confederated Tribes.
• National Korean War Veterans Memorial
• American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial
• American WWII War Orphans Network
• 60th Anniversary commemoration of the Korean War
• National D-Day Museum
• National World War II Memorial 

• Vietnam Veteran Tribute Wall

• Women in Military Service for America Memorial

Military Medals, Awards and Decorations -- Order of Precedence 

Oregon Military History

• Civil War in Oregon 
• World War I and the Oregon Experience
• Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum - The Capt. Michael King Smith Educational Institute located in McMinnville.
• Oregonians and the Pearl Harbor attack 
• Oregonians who died in the attack on Pearl Harbor
• Oregonians Dead-Missing: Army, Army Air Forces from World War II
• Oregon History - World War II
• Oregon at War
• University of Oregon World War II Architecture

Service Organizations

• Air Force Casualty Assistance
• Air Force Sergeants Association
• American Legion
• American Veterans (AMVETS)
• Congressional Medal of Honor Society
• Disabled American Veterans (DAV)
• Fleet Reserve Association 
• Gold Star Mothers
• Gold Star Wives of America
• Marine Corps League (MCL)
• Military Order of the Purple Heart (MOPH)
• National Gulf War Resource Center
• Navy Mutual Aid Association
• Non Commissioned Officers Association (NCOA)
• Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA)
• VA Directory of Service Organizations
• Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)
• Vietnam Veterans of America 

Survivor Benefits & Funeral Arrangements

• Survivor Benefits Home Page - Dedicated to the surviving spouses and dependents of military personnel who died while in active military service and to the survivors of veterans who died after active service.
• Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS)
• Willamette National Cemetary - 503-273-5250 - Located about 10 miles southeast of Portland in Clackamas County. A contingent of the Oregon National Guard is currently assigned to there to perform full military honors on a first assigned, first served basis.
• Oregon's Military Funeral Honors Program - 1-800-452-7500 - Public law 106-65 provides that the Oregon Army National Guard perform Veteran funeral honors for those that have served honorably in the US Armed Forces. Most services request at least 48 hours in order to organize the funeral honors detail.
• National Cemetery Administration Statewide Locations
• Burial at Sea - 1-888-647-6676 - United States Navy Mortuary Affairs - A means of final disposition of remains that is performed on United States Navy vessels. The committal ceremony is performed while the ship is deployed. Therefore, family members are not allowed to be present.

Transition and Reintegration Information

• FortOregon.com - Oregon National Guard Reintegration and Service Member Support - provides post-mobilization support to commanders and soldiers by establishing a centralized point of contact on the multitude of agencies that provide support and benefits to soldiers and their dependents.
• The National Resource Directory (NRD) is a website for wounded, ill and injured Service Members, Veterans, their families and those who support them.
  It provides access to services and resources at the national, state and local levels to support recovery, rehabilitation and community reintegration.

U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs official website (USDVA).

• VA Canteen Service - Serving the best customers in the nation -- the Veteran patients of the U. S. Armed Forces and those who provide for their care.
• Veterans Health Administration Statewide Locations
• Veterans Benefits Administration Portland, Oregon Regional Office
• National Cemetery Administration Statewide Locations

National Guard

• Oregon Air National Guard
• Oregon Army National Guard
• National Guard Bureau

U.S. Armed Forces

• U.S. Department of Defense
• U.S. Air Force
• U.S. Air Force Reserve
• U.S. Air Force Locator
• U.S. Army
• U.S. Army Reserve
• U.S. Army National Guard
• U.S. Army Locator
• U.S. Coast Guard
• U.S. Coast Guard Reserve
• U.S. Marine Corps
• U.S. Marine Corps Reserve
• U.S. Marines Locator
• U.S. Navy
• U.S. Navy Reserve
• Navy Locator
• Military Ribbons and Awards
• Requests For Military Mailing Addresses

• Selective Service System