Dover AFB  Base Essentials

Do not pack important papers with your household goods or hold baggage. Plan to take the following items with you:

• Identification cards
• PCS orders
• Personal identification documents
• Passports
• Medical records
• Birth certificates
• Marriage documents
• Children's immunization and school records
• Spouse employment and education records
• Wills
• Bank books
• State and federal tax records

Documents to hand carry:

• DD Form 2278 – Application for Do It Yourself Move and Counseling Checklist (for PCS moves)
• DITY checklist and certification of expenses
• Rental contract (if applicable)
• Certified weight tickets
• Receipts for all expenses
• Three copies of orders

You must weigh your vehicle empty and then again fully loaded prior to leaving. If you have any questions, you can contact the traffic management office at 302-677-4382/4377 or DSN 312-445-4382/4377.

Area weigh stations:

• New Enterprise Stone and Lime: 302-284-9151 (Mon-Fri 7am - 4 pm)
• Clark's Seed: 302-653-9249 (Mon-Fri 8 am - 5 pm)
• Berry Van Lines: 302-674-1300 (Mon-Fri 7:30 am - 4:30 pm)
• Dover Scrap: 302-492-8091 (Mon-Fri 8:30 - 4:30 pm) (Sat 8:30 am - 12:30 pm)

Be sure to make temporary lodging reservations well in advance of your arrival to the base.  Contact DAFB Lodging 302 677-2840/5989.

Upon arrival, members report to their respective commander's support staff for in-processing. Unit CSS will assist with mandatory appointments including signing member up to attend Newcomer's Orientation. Members should go to Military Personnel Section (MPS) if they do not have a CSS or they are having problems with their common access card.

If you get married before you make your PCS move, you must inform your commander and follow the procedures exactly as you are given them. The military will not pay for travel and housing for your spouse if you do not follow proper procedures.