10 Military Spouse Benefits That Have Nothing to Do With Health Care

Published Jul 28, 2026, 5:06 PM EDT

Military spouses are entitled to a range of benefits that follow them from duty station to duty station.

Military spouses learn how to write kanji at the Military and Family Readiness Center at Kadena Air Base, Japan, June 23, 2026. The MFRC connects service members and families with relocation, financial, readiness and support resources throughout their assignment. (Senior Airman Mason Hargrove/U.S. Air Force)

Military spouses navigate one of the more demanding lives in the American civilian experience: frequent moves, solo household management during deployments, career restarts and community-rebuilding from scratch every two to three years. The benefit package attached to that life is more substantial than most spouses realize, and most of it has nothing to do with Tricare. Here are 10 benefits that fall outside health care entirely and are consistently underused.

1. Commissary and Exchange Access