Check-in Procedures

The security guard at the front gate, the 24-hour arrival point for the base, can direct you to the Inns of Dyess located at 225 5th St., 325-696-2681 or DSN 312-461-2681.

Website: https://af.dodlodging.net/propertys/Dyess-AFB

When arriving during duty hours, report directly to your duty section, then to the respective Commander's Support Staff or Group Orderly Room. If arriving after duty hours, report to your duty section on the first duty day, then to your CSS/Group Orderly Room to in-process and to schedule appointments for the Dyess Welcome Center. There you will complete in-processing with TMO, Housing, Finance, and will be scheduled for Newcomer's Orientation briefings and Downtown Tour if applicable.

Records and military orders will be turned in at in-processing, so please have them with you. Assistance with in-processing is yet another area where your sponsor can provide invaluable assistance.

It is recommended that you hand carry your important documents rather than have them packed. 

The following is a suggested not all inclusive list:

• At least 10 copies of your PCS orders
• Sealed envelope given from the loosing MPF (ensure envelope remains sealed until in-processing)
• Birth certificates (or certified copies), Social Security cards, passports/visa, marriage certificate
• List of stocks & bonds, personal identification numbers for accounts, bank books, insurance policies (or list of companies, policy numbers, type of insurance, address, phone numbers)
• Copy of advance travel pay or allowances paperwork
• All moving paperwork including: inventory of household goods plus pictures and receipts, Traffic Management Office information, personally-procured move or PPM paperwork, and all receipts associated with moving
• Employment records or resume of civilian family members
• Medical/dental records from your previous duty station - entire family
• Immunization records for all children and all active-duty service members
• School records/transcripts for children and adults
• Pet medical and immunization records
• Recommendation: letters of credit from utilities companies (telephone, electric, etc; may result in waiver for deposits)

Temporary Lodging Reservations

Please get information or make lodging reservations for your trip well in advance by calling 325-696-2681 or DSN 312-461-2681. Orders are not required to make a reservation at lodging. Dyess Inn is located at 225 5th Street, Dyess AFB, and you may also visit https://af.dodlodging.net/propertys/Dyess-AFB to make your reservations online.

Command Sponsorship

Concurrent Travel is defined as an authorized move at government expense to an overseas location (family must complete the move jointly with the member or within 20 weeks of member's move). A Command Sponsored Tour refers to members who are returning to the United States (or going to another overseas base) from an Overseas Tour with newly acquired dependents (i.e. single member got married while overseas). Command Sponsorship requires Major Command and Air Force Personnel Center approval prior to making the move. Taking family member(s) on a Non-Command Sponsored Tour could result in all moving expenses being out-of-pocket for the member.

Sponsorship

Contact your squadron CSS to have a sponsor identified if one has not been assigned to you already.

If you get married before you PCS, it is important that you 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.

All newcomers report to their respective Commander Support Staff or Group Orderly Room for in-processing.

Your CSS will make your appointment for the Welcome Center. Here, you will get signed up for the Newcomer's Orientation brief and the Downtown Tour (Jumpstart) and will in-process with TMO, Finance, and the Housing Office. It is important to have this appointment done as soon as possible upon arrival.

If you are a first term airman, follow the instructions on the base in-processing checklist alongside your supervisor to sign up for the First Term Enlisted Course (FTEC). The primary goal of FTEC is to provide a structured first duty station professional development program, designed to transition airmen from a training mindset to the operational environment.

FTEC is designed to on-board Airmen and Guardians at their first duty station following technical training. The course also provides airmen a unique opportunity to further develop their warrior ethos and continued expeditionary mindset. FTEC includes mandatory focus areas with a deliberate development curriculum and emerging topics developed by Headquarters Air Force.

Airmen must attend and graduate from FTEC within 45 days of date arrived on station in accordance with AFI 36-2670, Total Force Development. The course is five duty days long, and is scheduled around weekends, holidays, wing down days, etc. Normal duty hours are Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.