About FWD Assist HQ

J. Erickson's author image: Air Force uniform ribbons and rank insignia

J. Erickson is a service-disabled Air Force veteran. He served as a military firefighter and as a veteran service officer, where he spent years walking veterans through the same claims process he writes about now. He holds an MBA and writes plain-language guides for veterans who want to understand the system without a translator.

FWD Assist HQ makes books, field guides and workbooks that help veterans and their families understand the VA claim process and show up to their free accredited representative ready.

The FWD Assist Pledge

We sell books. That is all we sell.

We will never file your claim for you, never represent you before the VA, and never take a percentage of your back pay. Nobody here gets paid more because your rating went up.

Help from an accredited Veterans Service Officer is free. Always. If a book of ours ever replaces that help instead of preparing you for it, we wrote it wrong.

In crisis? Veterans Crisis Line: dial 988, then press 1, or text 838255. Free, confidential, 24/7.