The Military Retiree’s
Ready Reference
Of Telephone Numbers
Telephone numbers contained in this list were obtained in February 2002 and their accuracy is not certain
Researched by Mel Weiss
CWO-2, SC, USN, Ret. & GM-14, Ret.
Email Address: melweiss@mindspring.com
Please help me keep this directory up to date! Email any “new” or “better” telephone numbers to me, plus any additions/deletions, so that I can continuously update this information! Thank you! M.W.
Government, Military, Veterans,
Commercial & Charitable Organizations
Organization Phone Number
AAFES Catalog Sales 800-527-2345
AAFES Customer Service 877-891-7827
AARP Customer Service 800-424-3410
Airborne Express (Customer Service) 800-247-2676
Air Force Afterburner Newspaper 210-652-2126
Air Force Association 703-247-5810
Air Force Casualty Assistance 800-558-1404
Air Force Enlisted Men’s Widows and Dependents Home Foundation 904-651-9858
Air Force Magazine 703-247-5800
Air Force National Recruiting Center 800-423-8723
Air Force Retired Affairs 800-531-7502
Air Force Retiree Services Branch 210-652-4663
Air Force Sergeants Association 301-899-3500
Air Force Times Newspaper 800-368-5718
Air Force Village Foundation 800-762-1122
Air Force Worldwide Locator Assistance (Active Duty Only) 210-565-2660
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 212-870-3400
Alliance of Women Veterans 714-551-2329
Alzheimer’s Association 800-272-3900
America Gold Star Mothers 202-265-0991
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) (Customer Service) 800-424-3410
American Cancer Society 800-227-2345
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) 212-549-2500
American Defenders of Bataan & Corregidor 412-771-3956
American Ex-Prisoners of War Association 817-649-2979
American Forces Services Corporation 703-528-5444
American Foundation for the Blind 800-232-5463
American GI Forum 303-458-1700
American Heart Association 800-242-8721
American Legion 317-630-1200
American Lung Association 800-478-7653
American Merchant Marine Veterans 941-549-1010
American Military Retirees Association 518-563-9479
Researched by Mel Weiss
CWO-2, SC, USN, Ret. & GM-14, Ret.
Email Address: melweiss@mindspring.com
Organization Phone Number
American Military Society 301-925-1420
American Red Cross 703-206-8512
American Stroke Association 800-315-8700
American Veterans Commission 301-320-6490
American Veterans of WWII, Korea & Vietnam (AMVETS) 301-459-9600
American War Mothers 202-362-0090
American WWII Orphans Network 360-733-1678
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Help Line 800-514-0301
Arlington National Cemetery 202-789-7013
Armed Forces Radio & Television Service (AFRTS) 909-413-2236
Army & Air Force Mutual Aid Association 703-522-3060
Army & Navy Union, United States of America, Inc. 330-652-1612
Army, Air Force, Marines & Navy Times Publishing Company 703-750-9000
Army Echoes Newspaper 800-445-2049
Army National Recruiting Center 800-872-2769
Army Retired Affairs 800-336-4909
Army Women’s Museum 804-734-4327
Army Worldwide Locator Assistance (Active Duty Only) 703-325-3732
Asbestos Veterans Assistance Information League (AVAIL) 281-681-1827
Association of Ex-POW of the Korean War 513-426-5105
Association of the 199th Light Infantry 703-448-1999
Association of the United States Army (AUSA) 800-336-4570
Automobile Association of America (AAA) (Customer Service) 800-624-0100
Awards Information, Washington, DC 202-685-1770
Blinded Veterans Association 202-462-4430
Blue Star Mothers of American, Inc. 301-949-0114
Brotherhood Rally of All Veterans 818-591-6300
Catholic War Veterans, United States of America, Inc. 703-549-3622
Center for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) Help Line 800-311-3435
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 410-786-3000
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) 703-482-0623
CHAMPUS (Customer Service) 303-361-1000
China Burma India Veterans Association 407-282-0346
Coast Guard National Recruiting Center 800-438-8724
Coast Guard Retired Affairs 800-772-8724
Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) 202-606-2564
Combined National Veterans Association of America 202-543-2239
Congressional Medal of Honor Society 843-884-8136
Council of Better Business Bureaus 703-276-0100
Researched by Mel Weiss
CWO-2, SC, USN, Ret. & GM-14, Ret.
Email Address: melweiss@mindspring.com
Organization Phone Number
Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 307-638-8143
DEERS Verification Help Desk 800-538-9552
Defense Commissary Agency (DeCa) Customer Service 800-294-2744
Defense Finance & Accounting Service, Cleveland, OH 800-346-3374
Department of Defense (DOD) Hot Line 800-424-9098
Department of Justice, Radiation Compensation Program 800-729-7327
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association 202-628-3400
DFAS Cleveland, OH (Retired Pay Customer Service) 800-321-1080
DFAS Denver, CO (Annuity Section) 800-435-3396
Disabled American Veterans (DAV) 859-441-7300
Eighth Army Historical Society 949-552-3889
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 800-424-8802
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Help Desk 800-669-4000
European & Pacific Stars and Stripes Newspaper 202-761-0945
Federal Aviation Administration (Customer Service) 800-322-7873
Federal Aviation Administration (Security/Safety Hot Line) 800-255-1111
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) 202-324-3000
Federal Communication Commission (FCC) 888-225-5322
Federal Consumer Information Center (National Contact Center) 800-333-4636
Federal Employees Group Life Insurance (Information Desk) 800-633-4542
Federal Employees Retirement Service (Information Desk) 888-767-6738
Federal Election Commission 800-424-9530
Federal Express (FEDEX) (Customer Service) 800-463-3339
Federal Home Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) 800-732-6643
Federal Home Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) 800-373-3343
Federal Housing Administration 800-225-5342
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service 202-606-1800
Federal Student Air Information Center 800-433-3243
Federal Times Publishing Company 703-750-7400
Fisher House Foundation, Inc. 888-294-8560
Fleet Reserve Association (FRA) 703-683-1400
Franco-American Wars Veterans Inc. 978-840-0445
GEICO Insurance Company (Customer Service) 800-861-8380
Go For Broke National Veterans Association, Inc. 619-779-9986
Gold Star Wives of America, Inc. 888-751-6350
Government Printing Office (Ordering Publications) 866-512-1800
GSA Office of Enterprise Development (Small Businesses) 202-501-1021
I. D. Cards (Air Force Retirees) 800-558-1404
I. D. Cards, Benefits and Eligibility 800-443-9297
“I Have A Dream” Foundation 212-293-5480
Researched by Mel Weiss
CWO-2, SC, USN, Ret. & GM-14, Ret.
Email Address: melweiss@mindspring.com
Organization Phone Number
Immigration & Naturalization Service (INS) 800-375-5283
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) (Help Line) 800-829-1040
Italian American War Veterans of the United States of America 407-366-3232
Jewish Defense League 818-980-8535
Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America 202-265-6280
Korean War Missing POW-MIA Information (Air Force Personnel) 800-531-5501
Korean War Missing POW-MIA Information (Army Personnel) 800-892-2490
Korean War Missing POW-MIA Information (Marine Corps Personnel) 800-847-1597
Korean War Missing POW-MIA Information (Navy Personnel) 800-443-9298
Korean War Veterans Association 937-426-5105
Legion of Valor of the United States of America, Inc. 805-692-2244
Library of Congress (Help Desk) 202-707-5000
LSM-LSMR Association 413-774-2397
Make-A-Wish Foundation of America 800-722-9474
Marine Corps Exchange Headquarters 703-784-3809
Marine Corps League 703-207-9588
Marine Corps National Recruiting Center 800-272-7391
Marine Corps Retired Affairs 800-336-4649
Marine Corps Worldwide Locator Assistance (Active Duty Only) 703-784-2507
MEDICARE (Customer Service) 800-633-4227
Merck-Medro Managed Care (Medicare Contracted Pharmacy) 800-903-4680
Military Chaplains Association of the United States of America 703-276-2189
Military Living Publications (Commercial Business) 703-237-0203
Military Order of the Purple Heart (MOPH) 703-642-5360
Military Order of the World Wars 703-683-4911
NAM-POWS, Inc. 972-924-3337
National 4th Infantry (IVY) Division 770-587-2383
National Amputee Foundation, Inc. 516-887-3600
National Archives & Records Administration (NARA) 866-325-7208
National Association for Black Veterans, Inc. 800-842-4597
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) 877-622-2798
National Association for Uniformed Military 703-750-1342
National Association for Uniformed Services & National Society of Military 703-750-1342
National Association of Atomic Veterans (NAAV) 505-877-3707
National Association of Black Military Women (NABMW) 708-534-3637
National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors 415-331-7757
National Association of Military Widows 703-527-4565
National Association of Radiation 800-798-5102
National Association of State Veterans 918-567-2251
National Association of Veterans Program Administrators 904-226-6350
Researched by Mel Weiss
CWO-2, SC, USN, Ret. & GM-14, Ret.
Email Address: melweiss@mindspring.com
Organization Phone Number
National Coalition for Homeless Veterans 202-546-1969
National Congress of Puerto Rican Veterans 718-822-8077
National Contact Center (To Order A U.S. Flag) 800-688-9889
National Gulf War Resource Center, Inc. 301-585-0519
National League of Families 202-223-6846
National Life Insurance Program 800-669-8477
National Park Service (Golden Passes for Seniors) 888-467-2757
National Park Service (Information Line) 202-208-6845
National Passport Information Center (NPIC) 888-362-8668
National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) 314-538-4141
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution 202-628-1776
National Society of New England Women Veterans 415-924-3253
National Veterans Legal Services Program, Inc. 202-265-8305
National Vietnam Veterans Coalition 202-338-6882
Naval Reserve Association 703-548-5800
Naval Reserve Personnel Center (Records Section) 800-535-2699
Navy Active/Reserve Pay Center 800-346-3374
Navy Exchange (NEX) Headquarters 800-628-3924
Navy Federal Credit Union, Washington, DC 800-336-3333
Navy League of the United States 703-528-1775
Navy Mutual Aid Association 800-628-6011
Navy National Recruiting Center 800-872-6289
Navy Nurse Corps Association (NNCA) 360-675-9046
Navy Retired Activities Office 800-255-8950
Navy Uniform Shop 800-368-4088
Navy Worldwide Locator Assistance (Active Duty Only) 901-874-3388
Non-Commissioned Officers Association (NCOA) 210-653-6161
Office for Domestic Preparedness, Department of Justice 800-638-6498
Office of Personnel Management (OPM) (Job Hot Line) 478-744-2299
OSS-101 Association 650-493-4174
P-47 Thunderbolt Pilots Association 301-365-5018
Paralyzed Veterans of America 800-424-8200
Peace Corps Information Desk 800-424-8580
Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, Inc. 703-549-4191
Pentagon Federal Credit Union, Washington, DC 703-838-1563
Polish Legion of American Veterans, United States of America 440-845-0119
Presidential Greetings, National Contact Center 800-688-9889
Reserve Component SBP Section (Code 416) 800-535-2699
Reserve Officers Association of the United States, Inc. 202-646-7715
Retired Military Pay Center 800-321-1080
Ronald McDonald House Foundation 630-623-7048
Researched by Mel Weiss
CWO-2, SC, USN, Ret. & GM-14, Ret.
Email Address: melweiss@mindspring.com
Organization Phone Number
Salvation Army National Headquarters 610-696-8746
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) 800-732-0330
Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance (SGLI) 800-419-1473
Shift Colors Magazine (Navy) 800-874-3154
Ships Historian, Washington, DC 202-433-3643
Small Business Administration (SBA) Answer Desk 800-827-5722
Social Security Administration (SSA) 800-772-1213
Stennis Center for Public Service 662-325-8409
Swords to Plowshares: Veterans Rights Organization 415-252-4788
The Center for Internee Rights, Inc. 305-864-2558
The Chosin Few 703-925-1549
The Corredigorians, USA, Inc. 619-653-0422
The Forty & Eight (40et8) 317-634-1804
The General and Mrs. Curtis E. LeMay Foundation 800-554-5510
The Retired Enlisted Association 800-338-9337
The Retired Officers Association (TROA) 800-245-8762
The Women in Military Service for America Memorial (WIMSA) 800-222-2294
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, Inc. 202-588-8277
TRICARE Delta Dental Program 888-336-3260
TRICARE for Life Center (Benefits Information) 888-363-5433
TRICARE Headquarters (Information) 303-676-3526
TRICARE Senior Pharmacy Program 877-363-6337
TRICARE Senior Prime (Central Region) 800-371-6489
TRICARE Senior Prime (Gulf South Region) 800-625-0211
TRICARE Senior Prime (Northeast Region) 888-999-5195
TRICARE Senior Prime (Northwest Region) 800-979-9667
TRICARE Senior Prime (Southern California Region) 800-979-9620
TRICARE Senior Prime (Southwest Region) 800-937-6093
United Parcel Service (UPS) (Customer Service) 800-742-5877
United Service Organization (USO) 202-610-5700
United Way National Headquarters 703-836-7100
USAA Claims Desk 800-531-8222
USAA Headquarters (Customer Service) 800-286-8257
USAA New Member Information 800-531-8080
U.S. Army Military Affiliate Radio System (MARS) 800-633-1128
U.S. Army Warrant Officers Association 703-742-7727
U.S. Census Bureau 888-325-7733
U.S. Copyright Office 202-707-3000
U.S. House of Representatives 202-224-3121
U.S. Naval Home 800-332-3527
U.S. Navy Cruiser Sailors Association 508-824-0789
Researched by Mel Weiss
CWO-2, SC, USN, Ret. & GM-14, Ret.
Email Address: melweiss@mindspring.com
Organization Phone Number
U.S. Merchant Marine Veterans of World War II 310-519-9545
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 800-786-9199
U.S. Savings Bonds (Information) 800-487-2663
U.S. Senate 202-224-3121
U.S. Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home 800-422-9988
U.S. Submarine Veterans of World War II 630-834-2718
VA Center for Women Veterans Help Desk 800-827-1000
VA GI Bill Help Desk 888-442-4551
VA Gulf War/Agent Orange Help Desk 800-749-8387
VA Headstones & Markers Help Desk 800-697-6947
VA Health Care Benefits Help Desk 877-222-8387
VA Inspector General (Hot Line) 800-488-8244
VA National Service Life Insurance (NSL) 800-669-8477
VA Regional Office Locator 800-827-1000
VA Service Department Burial Benefits 800-697-6947
Veterans for Peace 207-773-1431
Veteran’s Group Life Insurance (VGLI) 800-419-1473
Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) 800-756-3390
Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge 703-528-5403
Veterans of the Vietnam War, Inc. 800-843-8626
Veterans of WWI of the United States of America, Inc. 703-780-5660
Veterans United for a Strong America 859-254-7636
Veterans’ Widows International Network, Inc. 303-693-4745
Vietnam Era Veterans Association 401-521-6710
Vietnam Veterans Institute 843-538-8402
Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation (VVAF) 202-483-9222
Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc. 301-585-4000
Vietnam Women’s Memorial Project 800-222-2294
Vietnam Women Veterans (VWV) 800-217-8753
WAVES National Headquarters 207-438-3800
Western Union (Customer Service) 800-325-6000
Women’s Air Force Service Pilots, WWII 508-683-3720
Women’s Army Corps (WAC) Foundation 256-820-3233
Women’s Army Corps Veterans Association 206-820-6824
Women Marines Association 888-525-1943
Women Veterans of America 561-732-4596
Researched by Mel Weiss
CWO-2, SC, USN, Ret. & GM-14, Ret.
Email Address: melweiss@mindspring.com
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