I was just wondering if anyone could maybe point me in the right direction with this. I'm curious as to if there is any sort of money that the government has set aside to help veterans start businesses. if there is, how does one go about applying for it, or who do we talk to? any help would be much appreciated! Please and thank you!

The SBA has veterans' programs--

http://www.sba.gov/aboutsba/sbaprograms/ovbd/index.html

I remember when my wife started a business that it was far more beneficial that her business was "woman owned" rather than veteran owned, so we went with that (although, I think you can do both now...). SBA gave us a pretty good loan deal, I don't remember the details (my wife would though).

Thank you Patoloco! that is very helpful!