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Go to college on your G.I. Bill. Get treatment, seek medical attention or therapy for injuries, illnesses and disabilities. Apply for a VA Home Loan, and avoid having to pay a down payment on a beautiful new home.

These are all useful and highly-impactful ways to utilize your veteran benefits. But, they’re nothing new.

Here are ten ways to use these same resources (and ones not previously mentioned) in ways you probably never thought of. The vet benefit you’ll need is provided below each.

10. Become a National Park Service Ranger

Benefit to use: The G.I. Bill (to check its status, click here).

Here is a step-by-step process on how to use your G.I. Bill to become a National Park Service Ranger.

9. Get Eyeglasses or Hearing Aids for Free

Benefit to use: File a disability claim (to check on the status of disability claims, click here).

Here is a step-by-step process on how you can, as a veteran, obtain free hearing aids.

And here is a step-by-step process on how you can, as a veteran, obtain free eyeglasses.

8. Receive On-the-Job Training or an Apprenticeship

Benefit to use: The G.I. Bill (to check its status, click here).

Here is a step-by-step process on how to use your G.I. Bill for something other than college or university tuition.

7. Become a Lawyer

Benefit to use: The G.I. Bill (to check its status, click here).

Here is a step-by-step process on how to use your G.I. Bill to pursue a career in the law.

6. Get Your Prescription Refilled from Your Phone or Computer

Benefit to use: Refill prescriptions (to refill them online, click here).

Here is a step-by-step process on how to use your veteran status to get your prescriptions refilled online, and delivered straight to your residence.

5. Become a Cybersecurity Expert

Benefit to use: The G.I. Bill (to check your status, click here).

Here is a step-by-step process on how to use your G.I. Bill to pursue a career in cybersecurity (average salary: $116,000 a year).

4. Message Your Doctor Online

Benefit to use: Message your health care team (click here to send a secure message).

Here is a step-by-step process on how to send your doctor — or other members of your medical team — a secure message directly online.

3. Start Your Own Business

Benefit to use: The G.I. Bill (to check your status, click here).

Here is a step-by-step process on how to utilize your G.I. Bill benefits to start your own business.

2. Get Free Dental Care

Benefit to use: Health Care (to check your eligibility and more, click here).

1. Transfer G.I. Bill Benefits to a Loved One

Benefit to use: The G.I. Bill (to check your status, click here).

Here is a guide to giving this benefit to someone you love, so that they may apply to whatever dreams they wish to pursue (perhaps it’s even one of the uses listed above).