Serving in the military is a solid route to the middle of the American income distribution. No one is serving to be rich, or if they are, they are going to be sorely disappointed.
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Luckily, there are a number of companies across the U.S. that want to show some appreciation for the men and women, and their families, who serve the country in the armed forces. And sure, you can navigate those discounts with Google searches, word of mouth, and reading the newspaper to see who has tried to turn Memorial Day into a sales holiday this year. But that’s tedious even when it isn’t offensive.
A new platform wants to be your first stop for finding and navigating special offers for military members, veterans, and their families. It’s Military Connect, and it already has partnerships underway to help you find financial products, get the best deals on cars and insurance, or let off some steam with golf tee times discounted 15%.
Open to military members, veterans, and families.
The platform is not just for active duty members of the military. Reservists and Guardsmen, veterans, and their spouses and dependents can all access the platform. Most of the discounts are available to all of those groups, as well, though some are limited to specific beneficiaries.
Military Connect verifies your eligibility once and then vouches for you with their partners, so you don’t have to send a DD-214 Member 4 Copy to everyone across the internet.
A wide range of products and services
Users can get discounts large and small on everything from flower delivery to a new car to a Bible app to home and auto insurance.
Some of the products are things especially beneficial to military families. LifeLock by Norton works to prevent identity theft so that all those credit card swipes during your last TDY don’t result in you losing your kid’s college savings, and the special military offer through Military Connect lets you get an annual membership for up to 37% off.
MilitaryRx is a special pharmacy benefit through a partnership with ScriptSave that lets veterans and their families get prescription drugs cheaply with prices often beating copays for anything not fully covered by the VA or other insurance.
There’s even job training with programs like Salesforce Military which offers free courses and certification exams for military members, veterans, and spouses who want to start a new career in agentic AI, software development or architecture, marketing, or more.
Military Connect is constantly finding new partners for offers and deals, like MoneyLion for financial services or Epic Pass for skiing and snowboarding.
No cost, no obligation, and easy to join.
Of course, you could get nearly all of the discounts separately. A few partners, like Military Travelers, are limited to Military Connect or else have extra discount codes or deals for members. But most of them, like the car brands that are part of the Military Autos search engine, are just centralized and made easier to navigate by Military Connect.
But since it’s free, easy, and fast to join, there’s no need to go piecemeal through each vendor and try to find the best deals.
Whether it’s finding the best hotel and flight deals for military families through Military Travelers or just getting discounts on nice T-shirts from UNTUCKit, Military Connect can link you with the best deals.
Join Military Connect®: MilitaryConnect.com/join
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