Operation I Served
TO: All of Maine's Veterans
Governor Baldacci and the State of Maine Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management would like to thank you for your service to the State of Maine and the nation. Your service and the service of all of Maine's veterans is greatly appreciated.
We would like to explain who a veteran is: A veteran is anyone who served on active duty as a member of the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, or a reserve of any of these services or as a member of the National Guard. Also, anyone who served as a Merchant Marine during WWII or as a commissioned officer of the U.S. Health Service, the Environmental Services Administration, or National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is considered a veteran. As you can see anyone who wore a military uniform is a veteran.
Operation "I Served" is an outreach to all of Maine's veterans to provide them information on what federal and state benefits they may have earned during their service and is co-sponsored by the Maine Veterans Coordinating Committee and the Bureau of Veterans' Services. Once our veterans have this information, the Bureau of Veterans' Services and the veterans service organizations in Maine stand ready to assist each veteran in obtaining those benefits they have earned.
If you are a veteran and have not taken advantage of the benefits you may have earned, please take this opportunity to download a free information packet that has been developed to provide you with a resource of contact information to assist you in accessing available benefits. The information packet may be accessed by clicking the eagle icon below. This document requires your computer to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed in order to open the file. A free copy of the Adobe Acrobat Reader may be obtained by clicking Adobe Acrobat Reader.
If unable to download, you may request a copy be sent to you via US postal system by emailing a request to: mainebvs@maine.gov
(Please include your name, address and a brief note stating that you would like an Operation "I Served" information packet mailed to you).
