Veterans and their families
The Tampa Bay Defense Alliance (TBDA or The Alliance) identified four important audience segments that we serve on an ongoing basis. While many of our efforts benefit all of our audience segments, each individual segment has their own specific needs and to that end, require specific services and efforts to be expended on their behalf as part of our Mission: To Champion the Defense Community.
What does the TBDA do to benefit our veterans and their families?
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- Provide support and incentives for the defense community to remain or relocate in the eight county area;
- Encourage increased defense business relocation through tax and other state incentives;
- Create greater awareness of our eight counties’ military-friendly environment including support for veterans, retirees and military dependents;
- To improve the state’s military friendly environment for service members, military dependents, military retirees and businesses who bring military and base-related jobs to the state;
- Recruiting Opportunities – improve access to military personnel that will soon be retired;
- Continue to strengthen state support for military families and veterans with a focus on education, health care, employment and family programs;
- Improve the quality of life for active, guard, reserve and retired military personnel and their families including the support of our Veteran’s Administration and its medical treatment to our Wounded Heroes and retired military vets;
- To support the state’s position in research and development related to or arising out of military missions and contracting;
- Increase mutually beneficial economic development opportunities for the State of Florida, the Tampa Bay Region, MacDill Air Force Base (https://www.macdill.af.mil/ ), and other area military installations.
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