Military Families and Veterans

As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Senator Mikulski is committed to supporting our veterans and military families. Senator Mikulski is fighting to make sure all returning service members and their families have the health care, jobs and benefits they earned and deserve.

"Each and every member of our military is part of the American family. Their service is a tremendous sacrifice and great risk. These are ordinary men and women called on to act in an extraordinary way. All Americans owe them a debt of gratitude." – U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski

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Priorities

Ensuring Access to Care:
·   Full funding for veterans' health care and benefits
· Allowing vets of all priority levels to access the VA health system
· Ensuring the VA is providing the right care for women vets

Helping Vets Be Productive Members of the Community:
· Making sure Vets can easily access their educational benefits
· Helping Iraq and Afghanistan veterans Reintegrate into civilian life
· Improving employment assistance and job training programs to help veterans find good jobs

Helping Wounded Warriors Make a Full Recovery:
· Improving PTSD and TBI care
· Make sure the VA has enough psychological health providers
· Fighting for needs of family caregivers critical to a veteran's recovery

Making the Veterans Administration Work For Vets:
· Reducing claims and benefits backlogs
· Fighting for a fair disability rating system
· Providing equal benefits to the National Guard and Reserve

How has the new GI Bill worked for you? What can be done to improve the GI Bill and its administration?  Please visit "Share your opinion" to let the Senator know how you feel.

Visit my resources page for benefits, education, job training, healthcare, housing and other resources for active-duty, veterans and military families.

Visit my base resources page for services, unit pages and other information about Maryland military bases.