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Alaska
Unique state-land discount and absentee-friendly residency rules for service members.
State Veterans Department
Alaska Office of Veterans Affairs
Standout State Benefits
What's unique to Alaska
State benefits layered on top of federal VA coverage. File federal first, then layer state.
Veteran Land Discount
25% discount on state residential or recreational land for qualifying veterans
Property tax exemption
First $150,000 of assessed value exempt for 50%+ disabled veterans on primary residence
Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) eligibility for deployed
Service members deployed outside Alaska remain eligible for PFD
Alaska in the News
Latest coverage mentioning Alaska
Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow shall stop Alaska VA
VA News · Oct 21
Rescue team parachutes to remote Alaska river, rafts across to reach hunters
Task & Purpose · Sep 22
Building the bridge to care: How talking circles are reaching American Indian and Alaska N
VA News · Sep 2
Air Force officer killed in remote Alaska crash was a ‘positive leader’
Task & Purpose · Aug 25
Abandoned Navy base costs taxpayers $340,000 a year in internet nobody uses
Task & Purpose · Jul 21
Does a bear shop at the commissary? One did at this Alaska military base.
Task & Purpose · Jul 7
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