This website is fantastic and gives away free tickets to events to veterans and their families as well as to active duty. Some tickers are given away freely, other larger events use a lottery system to remain fair.

I myself have used the service a few times and have had great results. I am going to attend a Seahawks game here shortly with tickets I won. You may get charged a handling fee/securing fee of around $10 for big events like professional football, basketball games, just an fyi.

Great service though!

I believe only direct family members are eligible to go with you, no friends I'm pretty sure. Give it a check, you won't regret it!

One side note, most tickets are for larger cities. Not many tickets for events in small towns get added. With that said if you are interested in helping vettix out, go for it!

Take care.