Veterans Resources

The Small Business Administration's Boots to Business program provides entrepreneurial training within DoD's Transition Assistance Program (TAP). The program has trained more than 50,000 service members and military spouses since its 2013 launch.

The Small Business Administration's Boots to Business Reboot program expanded entrepreneurship training to veterans who have already transitioned out of the military as well as members of the National Guard and Reserve. The program includes an eight-week, online Foundations of Entrepreneurship course instructed by a consortium of professors and practitioners led by the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University.

Through local chapters in 12 cities, Bunker Labs provides educational programming, mentors and events to help veterans start and grow businesses.

Dog Tag provides experiential training at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, to veterans with disabilities as well as their spouses and caregivers.

The Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) program provides training in entrepreneurship and small business management to post-9/11 veterans with service-connected disabilities as well as military family members who serve in a caregiver role to a veteran with a service-connected disability.

Patriot Boot Camp equips service members, veterans and spouses with an entrepreneurial education, access to resources, mentorship and community support to build technology companies.

Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (PTACs) help small businesses navigate the complex federal procurement system to win and execute contracts with the federal government, including DoD.

Retired Services & Pay (MMSR-6)

The Retired Services and Pay office, Separation and Retirement Branch, Manpower Management Division, Manpower and Reserve Affairs, assists retired Marines, to include those transitioning into retirement, and their dependents, as well as surviving beneficiaries, with a broad array of services and support. Among other things, we manage the establishment of your Retired Pay account at DFAS Cleveland, the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP), assist retirees and dependents with ID card matters/DEERS, publish the Semper Fidelis newsletter, administer the Secretary of the Navy Retiree Council, and publish the Retirement Guide.

The Small Business Administration’s Veterans Business Outreach Centers provide entrepreneurial development services such as business training, counseling and mentoring to veterans.

The Veteran Institute for Procurement offers five programs to help veteran-owned small businesses and service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses increase their ability to win government contracts. Training programs vary in length (from 1-3 days) and are held in the Washington, DC, area.

Veteran Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship (V-WISE) provides entrepreneurial training to female veterans.

There is one Veterans Business Development Officer in each of the 68 Small Business District Offices. Veterans Business Development Officers can help veterans get loans and start businesses.

The Veterans Entrepreneurial Jumpstart program provides tools, training and mentorship to enable disabled veterans to start their own businesses.

The Veterans Entrepreneurship Program provides entrepreneurial training to service-disabled veterans interested in starting or growing a small business.