The Department of Defense announced Tuesday that it has produced a comprehensive handbook describing compensation and other benefits servicemembers and their families would be entitled to upon separation or retirement as a result of serious injury or illness.

The handbook was compiled in cooperation with the departments of Veterans Affairs, Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and the Social Security Administration, according to the news release. There are also references to assistance provided by other governmental and nongovernmental agencies and organizations.

Web sites and telephone numbers are provided, and the electronic version includes links to the Web sites. The electronic version of the handbook will be updated frequently and the hard copy of the compensation and benefits handbook will be updated annually, DOD announced.

The electronic version of the handbook can be found at any of the following:

http://turbotap.org

https://www.nko.navy.mil

http://www.npc.navy.mil

https://www.aw2.army.mil

https://www.my.af.mil/gcss-af/USAF/AFP40/d/1073755231/Files/C&BHandbook

Some sites are password-protected.