DLA McNamara HQC  Military and Family Support Center

Your Military and Family Support Center provides relocation assistance to help make PCS moves as smooth as possible. Resources include:

• PCS planning: Most relocation assistance programs offer consultations to help you with the moving process. If this your first military move, your first time moving overseas or you have challenging or complex circumstances contact your installation Relocation Assistance Program as soon as possible for support.
• Plan My Move: An online Defense Department relocation tool that provides you with customizable checklists and links to helpful resources for the tasks ahead.
• Military OneSource: A website and call center that offer 24/7 support for moving information and resources. Learn more about PCS basics and download this fact sheet 7 Steps to Make Your Household Goods Move a Smart Move. For comprehensive moving resources and information, including Defense Personal Property log in details, visit Moving Your Personal Property.
• Workshops and briefings: Workshops vary by location. You may find classes on housing options, moving with children, moving with pets and more.
• Predeparture briefings: These sessions provide essential information about your move and may be required for some populations.
• Special needs: If you have a child or family member enrolled in the Exceptional Family Member Program, contact your installation EFMP-Family Support office to assist you.
• Settling-in services: Look for welcome programs or local area tours that may offered. Overseas services may include introductory language classes and cultural awareness activities.
• Foreign-born spouse support: Assistance includes information and referral to resources such as immigration and naturalization.
• Emergency assistance: Sometime emergencies occur while moving. The Military and Family Support Center has the resources to provide emergency financial assistance, as well as information and referrals.
• Authorized housing flexibility options: Eligible service members with PCS orders may be entitled to flexibilities such as extended stays in government housing and early housing eligibility. Contact your military personnel office for more information.
• Spouse licensure reimbursement: Your service branch may reimburse spouses up to $1,000 for relicensure and certification costs resulting from relocations or PCS moves. See this Military OneSource article Transferring Your Professional License for more information and specific service branch policies.

Relocation assistance is provided through Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support Family Programs. Service members transferring to the DLA Headquarters complex may access information through the MilitaryINSTALLATIONS website (DLA McNamara HQC or Fort Belvoir). 

The DLA McNamara HQC does not maintain a Loan Closet. However, military members with permanent change of station orders may borrow household items from the Fort Belvoir Loan Closet at the Fort Belvoir Army Community Service Center located at 5965 6th St., Building 1263. Call 571-231-7018 for additional information and availability of items.

Orientation for New Employees

An orientation for military and civilian personnel new to the McNamara HQC is held every other month. For dates, time and location of the Orientation for New Employees, call 571-767-0510. For Defense Threat Reduction Agency civilian personnel newcomers’ orientation information, call 703-767-5768.

Installation-Specific Information

Welcome to DLA McNamara HQC. Installation-specific information can be accessed at DLA Today to inform, educate and assist Department of Defense personnel and family members of the DLA mission.

Orientation for New Employees

A DLA McNamara HQC Orientation for New Employees is coordinated by the DLA Training Center and is held every other month. The DLA and ONE is for both military and civilian employees. For dates and times, check with your on-boarding human resources manager.

Defense Threat Reduction Agency Human Capital Office also offers an orientation briefing for DTRA personnel at DLA McNamara HQC. For information, dates and times, call 703-767-5768.