The new website, American Forces Travel, will give the military community access to hotel, flight, car rental and cruise deals. There will also be negotiated prices on vacation homes, apartments and packages for savings up to 60 percent.
More than 1 million hotel deals will be available in more than 71,000 destinations around the world.
The Department of Defense has about 1.3 million people in active service around the world.
But at launch, American Forces Travel will be open to more than 6.5 million active and retired members of the U.S. military community.
All five branches of the U.S. armed forces ‐ including the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard ‐ will be part of the program. Others who are eligible to become users are Medal of Honor recipients and American Red Cross and USO paid personnel serving outside of the USA.
Department of Defense civilians serving within and outside of the USA will also be able to sign up. Family members of all of these groups will be able to use the site.