Sponsorship

To help prepare sponsors for success, the Sponsorship Program provides training and access to important information and resources that can help newcomers master their move. The Sponsorship Program helps sponsors fulfill their responsibilities, which may include:

• Contacting the service member and family with an introductory email
• Staying in contact with the service member throughout the moving process
• Sending information about the new community and duty assignment, responding to questions and providing information about resources
• Confirming transportation and lodging arrangements
• Helping with post office arrangements
• Meeting service members and family members upon arrival
• Going with service members to unit check-in point
• Introducing service members to the Military and Family Support Center and loan closet, if it’s available
• Familiarizing service members and families with the installation and key locations, like the commissary

Note: Responsibilities may vary based on service-specific policies and guidance. Make sure to check with your service branch for sponsor training requirements.

Overall, the Sponsorship Program aims to:

• Provide newcomers with a sense of belonging
• Ease the transition for inbound service members or civilians and their family members
• Increase productivity of service members and loved ones
• Help newcomers make informed decisions
• Cultivate new friendships
• Improve morale

For more information on the Sponsorship Program, contact your installation Military and Family Support Center.

Sponsorship is also available for youth. Installation youth sponsorship programs help military-connected youth make a successful transition to a new community. Primarily directed to preteen and teenaged youth, installation youth programs/centers provide information and materials on programs and services available at their new location. Where available, youth can exchange emails, talk on the phone or chat online with other youth. The youth program staff at your new installation can offer more information on installation youth sponsorship programs.

You can also contact your installation School Liaison Program office for information about school-based youth sponsorship programs such as Anchored4Life and Student2Student. These peer-to-peer programs help your student adjust to and navigate their new school.

If your child would like to become a youth sponsor, contact your installation School Liaison Program or youth program/center.

If you are in need of a sponsor, contact your unit Commander Support Staff, Unit Program Coordinator, or the Military and Family Readiness Center's Relocation Manager for assistance in obtaining a sponsor.

The 24-hour arrival point to Altus Air Force base is the Red River Inn (Bldg 82).

The front desk will be able to answer any questions you may have regarding temporary lodging facilities.

Maintain contact with your sponsor during all phases of your permanent change of station (PCS). 

Contact your sponsor upon arrival and/or make arrangements for your sponsor to meet you upon arrival.

If your family is traveling with you, have your sponsor make reservations at the billeting office at least four weeks in advance 580-481-7356 or DSN 312-866-7356.

For mail forwarding, you may use the following address: 204 S. 3rd St, Unit 8000, Altus Air Force Base, OK 73523.

However, the Postal Service Center will only hold mail for 15 days and then return it to sender.

You may contact the Postal Service Center at 580-481-6364 or DSN 312-866-6364 to get a box if you will not arrive prior to the 15 day limit.