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disabled veterans and wartime veterans, administer
financial help payable to eligible veterans and their
survivors, offer educational assistance to veterans who
served after 31 January 1955 and before 1 January 1977,
administer the contributory educational assistance
programs for veterans who entered active duty on or
after 1 January 1977, and administer benefits for
deceased veterans and eligible dependents.
SOCIAL SECURITY
Title IV of the Servicemen’s and Veterans’ Survivor
Benefits Act, Public Law 881, 84th Congress, provides
wage credits for active military service toward social
security benefits. Under this act, on or after 1 January
1957, all members of the Armed Services of the United
States performing active duty or active duty for training,
including midshipmen at the Naval Academy and
NROTC midshipmen and contract students during such
periods when they are ordered to active duty for training
purposes (summer cruises), come under the
contributory coverage Provisions of the Social Security
System.
The responsibility of COs is to adequately inform
members of their rights and benefits under the Social
Security Act and of the procedure for replacement of a
social security account number card that has been lost
or destroyed Various Department of Health and Human
Services pamphlets on social security for service
members and veterans should be distributed to all ships
and stations.
Social security benefits for retirement, health
insurance, survivors, and disability are earned as a result
of military service and civilian employment covered for
social security purposes. To receive monthly benefits for
yourself, your family, or for survivors, you must have
been in work or self-employment covered by the social
security law for a certain length of time. The types of
benefits include retirement, disability, and survivors’
benefits, as well as benefits that have reduced so they
may be paid out over a longer period of time.
Contact the nearest social security office to obtain
family members’ social security cards, check on
earnings records, get information about your obligation
under social security, and to apply for benefits. To locate
the nearest office, inquire at your post office or look in
the telephone directory under Social Security
Administration.
U.S. NAVAL HOME
Officers and enlisted members of the United States
Navy or United States Marine Corps and those of the
United States Coast Guard who have served in that
organization while it operated as a part of the Navy may
be admitted to the benefits of the Naval Home by
authority of CHNAVPERS.
Individuals applying for admission to the Naval
Home should be ambulatory and capable of caring for
their personal needs and of cleaning their room.
Applications for admission to the Naval Home
should be submitted in duplicate and addressed to the
Governor, United States Naval Home, 1800 East Beach
Boulevard, Gulfport, Mississippi 39507-1597.
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