More than three decades of documented results for enlisted Airmen and Guardians, veterans, retirees, survivors, and military families — from doubling SGLI in 1992 to the largest toxic-exposure expansion in VA history and today's historic pay and quality-of-life wins.
Signed in 2022 with AFSA and The Military Coalition advocating at every step — the largest expansion of veteran health care and benefits for toxic-exposed veterans in decades.
Veterans screened for burn pit, Agent Orange, and other toxic exposures since enactment.
PACT Act–related disability claims granted, delivering earned benefits to toxic-exposed veterans and survivors.
Drop in VA disability claims waiting more than 125 days — faster decisions for those who served.
Toxic exposure care expanded to new generations of veterans — including post-9/11 burn pit exposure, radiation, and Gulf War illness — with presumptive conditions that eliminate the burden of proof for thousands of claims.
AFSA's earliest documented wins built the bedrock of today's enlisted benefits — doubling life insurance coverage, protecting retirement, and locking in pay raises that beat the private sector.
From TRICARE for Life to the Post-9/11 GI Bill, this decade transformed health care, education, and survivor benefits for a force at war.
Through sequestration and repeated fee-hike proposals, AFSA blocked benefit cuts, won caregiver and education landmarks, and closed the decade by repealing the Widows Tax.
The current era delivered the PACT Act, record pay raises, and landmark quality-of-life gains — and the fight continues in the FY27 NDAA.
AFSA is fighting for GI Bill transferability reform — fixing the outdated transfer rules that strip service members of the ability to share their earned Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits with the families they serve for. A benefit earned in uniform shouldn't expire at the front gate.
Under current law, GI Bill benefits can only be transferred while still serving — with a four-year additional service obligation. Members who separate or retire before transferring, or who welcome children later in life, lose the option forever, no matter how many years they served.
Let the transfer follow the service: allow earned benefits to move to a spouse or child whenever the family needs it — during service or after — so no one is penalized for separating first or for when their family grows.
Transferability was built as a retention tool — but it has become a trap for career members. Enlisted families disproportionately grow later in a career and lose out. Fairness means the benefit follows the service, not the paperwork deadline.
Bipartisan House bill (Vindman–Mills) allowing eligible members and veterans to transfer earned benefits to a spouse or child at any time — during service or after separation — including dependents added to the family after retirement, and adding a 10-year service pathway to qualify.
Senate companion effort (Blumenthal) ensuring any member who has completed ten years of service can transfer benefits to dependents at any time — on active duty or as a veteran — including those who separated without transferring or gained a dependent after retirement.
AFSA is engaging members of Congress, testifying alongside The Military Coalition, and mobilizing its chapters to move transferability reform this session through both avenues — so the benefit follows the service, not the paperwork deadline.
An unbroken record of documented legislative accomplishments dating to 1992 — spanning pay, health care, retirement, survivors, education, and military families.