For Service To Your Country

"For Service to Your Country is a pellucid and gargantuan encyclopedia of benefits that are richly earned by our magnificent service personnel. It is a touching, caring, moving and comprehensive repository of information that will benefit every service person. However, it is far more as it is the quintessential example of the Department of Veteran Affairs motto and a window into the heart and soul of an extraordinary self-made man, who represents that person for whom the term “patriot” should be reserved."

VADM Jerry O. Tuttle (retired) rose from seaman to Vice Admiral. His long and highly-decorated career includes serving as Flag Lieutenant to the Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet; Special Assistant to the Chief of Naval Operations; and Deputy Director for Intelligence. VADM Tuttle is now President and CEO of J.O.T. Enterprises, an information technology consulting company.

"Being a veteran of 17 years, I found this book a must for all past and future veterans. It has demystified the complexity of what benefits are available, many I never heard of or thought about! I am encouraged and looking forward to utilizing this book for a reference and guidance manual. For Service to Your Country should be an issue item for all departing service members!”
"As a veteran of more than 33 years of service and three wars, who has utilized the services of the Veterans Administration, this book by Peter S. Gaytan and Marian Edelman Borden, I find complete and timely. What we have seen so far is just the tip of the iceberg, but once the Iraqi War begins to come to a close, the influx of veterans in need of help both physically and mentally because of multiple combat tours could become alarming if not properly planned for. Another problem the Administration will face is the influx of women combat veterans, the most this country has seen in any of our wars. Last year I was one of a number of speakers at a Veterans Affairs Conference in Washington and afterwards we were briefed on some of the challenges the Administration expects to face based upon the mounting numbers of veterans with injuries and the new technology they are attempting to use to assist in helping the injured. The need for this book is timely. I only wish I had such a book when I first became a veteran. Like most of our veterans today, the only information I had was word of mouth. The authors have fulfilled an invaluable service to all veterans, young and old, male and female. Now it is up to the services to present a copy to each veteran free of charge upon discharge or retirement."

John E. Mann is a retired Army officer who has been awarded more than thirty US and foreign decorations. They include The Silver Star, three Legions of Merit, three Bronze Stars and the Distinguished Flying Cross.