How Much Life Insurance Does The Army Give? 
Members of the Uniformed Services are automatically enrolled for the maximum life insurance benefit of $ 400,000 through the VA program , Servicemembers ' Group Life Insurance -LRB- SGLI -RRB- . Members can choose to reduce it by $ 50,000 increments or cancel it entirely . This can be converted to the same amount of Veterans Group Life Insurance -LRB- VGLI -RRB- upon release of active duty or some other conditions . 