Does The Army Provide Life Insurance? 
Yes , the Army does provide life insurance through the Veterans Administration called SGL -LRB- Servicemembers Group Life Insurance -RRB- . You are automatically enrolled for $ 400,000 of life insurance at group rates . If you do not want that much , you can take less -LRB- in increments of $ 50,000 -RRB- , or you can decline the coverage altogether . 