ACTIVE · RESERVE · GUARD

Military Life, Navigated.

UCMJ, orders, pay, TRICARE, SCRA, USERRA, transition — everything you wish someone had told you on day one, without the PowerPoints. Built by a veteran for the people still serving.

Active duty, Reserve, and National Guard are always free on OSOK. Use Quick Verify (any DD-214 / orders / military ID — takes about 10 seconds) to unlock unlimited access to X-Ray — the voice of OSOK, tuned specifically for people in the ranks. ID.me sign-in coming soon.

If something is urgent right now

Help exists. You don't have to go through your chain for any of these — they're confidential, they're free, and they're designed for exactly this.

Military Crisis Line — Dial 988, press 1. Text 838255. Confidential, 24/7, staffed by people who know the life.
Military OneSource — 1-800-342-9647. Free confidential counseling (8 sessions, off the books), legal, financial, tax help. Does not touch your record.
Safe Helpline (sexual assault) — 1-877-995-5247. Confidential, 24/7, DoD-wide.
Legal Assistance Office — free legal help for personal matters (wills, POAs, landlord disputes, consumer issues). Walk-in at your installation.
Area Defense Counsel / Trial Defense Service / DCAP — free military defense counsel for any UCMJ action. Always available, always free, never goes through your command.

What are you dealing with?

Build a USERRA job-protection letter

USERRA protects your civilian job when you're called to Reserve/Guard duty — your employer must reemploy you and can't penalize you for serving. If your employer is dragging their feet or pushing back, this builds a formal letter you can send. It ends with a real document, not a chat.

Your name

Employer name

Component

Situation

Duty start date

Length of service

For free expert help, contact ESGR (Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve) at 1-800-336-4590 — they mediate USERRA disputes at no cost. This letter is a starting template, not legal advice.

Not sure where to start?

Tap the OSOK bubble in the corner and just tell me what's going on. No PowerPoint, no form to fill out, no bureaucracy — just a direct conversation with someone who knows the system.

OSOK is not the DoD. We are a civilian tool built by a veteran for the people still serving. Nothing here is an order, a legal opinion, or official government guidance — but everything here is the stuff we wish someone had told us when we were in. X-Ray on this page is tuned to route you to the actual free resources that exist (JAG, Military OneSource, ADC/TDS/DCAP, ESGR) instead of pretending to BE them.

Currently serving? OSOK is free for you, forever. Use Quick Verify to unlock it now — ID.me sign-in coming soon.