Service to the Armed Forces is available to all members of the armed services, and to their families. Both active duty and community-based military can count on our chapter to provide emergency communications, emergency financial assistance, counseling, and aid in the field where Red Cross workers are deployed to serve with America’s military.

Emergency Messaging

The Red Cross is a lifeline to members of the U.S. Armed Forces sending communications all over the world on behalf of family members who are facing emergencies or other important events. The Red Cross provides this service quickly through a network of chapters, stations, communication centers and major deployment sites worldwide. This network links military personnel any place in the world (including ships at sea, embassies and isolated military units) with their loved ones. Active duty military and their family members in the Los Angeles area can contact a military caseworker, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at (888) 737-4306.

Emergency Financial Assistance

The Red Cross works with the military aid societies (Army Emergency Relief, Navy Marine Corps Relief Society, Air Force Aid Society and the Coast Guard Mutual Assistance). This partnership helps to provide financial assistance for emergency travel that requires the presence of the service member or his or her family, burial of a loved one, or with assistance that cannot wait until the next business day.