The Handbook for Survivors, which is provided by the Navy Casualty Assistance Office, contains a list of many of the benefits you may be entitled to. However, your Navy or Marine Corps CACO will be able to explain in greater detail the benefits that you are actually eligible for.

The National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health maintains MEDLINEplus Health Information. Not only do they include the information you seek, but links to other sites, health news, clinical trials, parenting information, and more. Information is also available at TRICARE Online.

For more information on personal health, you can visit the Health, Wellness and Safety section of LIFELines.

Anyone desiring burial at sea should indicate that preference in writing (in a will or other legal document). During funeral planning, the executor/executrix of the estate should contact:
Military Medical Support Office (MMSO)
Mortuary Affairs, Building 38H
Great Lakes, IL 60085-5200
Toll Free: 1-800-876-1131

The regulations for the disposition of remains and inurned cremated remains (cremains) from a naval vessel, or inurned cremains from a naval aircraft are set forth by the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. You can visit the Navy Personnel Command Casualty Assistance Branch for a list of eligibility requirements.

Requests to conduct committal of remains casketed in a metal casket or inurned cremains at sea from a ship, or to disperse cremains from an aircraft should be directed to Military Medical Support Office (MILMEDSUPPOFF).  Additional information may be obtained by contacting Military Medical Support Office at Great Lakes by calling 1-800-876-1131 extension 628 or 629.

The Arlington National Cemetery website contains a complete listing of eligibility requirements, as well as answers to a number of other questions regarding burial there.

For even more information on Arlington National Cemetery, you can read Arlington National Cemetery Honors Those Who Serve America here on LIFELines.