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.

Service members and civilians as well and family members are welcomed and encouraged to attend the virtual Pre-Arrival Orientation which is help each 3rd Tuesday of the month from 3 pm CST over a virtual platform. Call the M&FRC at 325-696-5999 or e-mail 7fss.a.frc@us.af.mil to register.

If you are inbound to Dyess Air Force Base, your squadron should assign a sponsor to you. If no sponsor has been assigned to you, please contact the Dyess Military & Family Readiness Center at 325-696-5999 to get connected to obtain a sponsor and relocation assistance. A sponsor may send permanent party Air Force members a sponsor package, answer questions about the base and the area, make lodging/dorm arrangements, and meet newcomers upon arrival.

The sponsor will help members and their families settle into the new community. If you arrive at Dyess Air Force Base on a weekday, and you are not met by a sponsor, you are encouraged to stop by the Military & Family Readiness Center, 325-696-5999, located at 382 Avenue D, Building 7215, so M&FRC staff can assist in finding you an appropriate unit representative. If you arrive on a weekend, you are encouraged to check into billeting/lodging, and contact the first sergeant of your gaining squadron/unit. For additional info, please see the “sponsorship” topic. https://www.dyessfss.com can assist you with base information.

The Postal Service Center will assign a mailbox and provide a mailing address for permanent dormitory residents upon in-processing to Dyess Air Force Base. Military Students, TDY/TDA personnel, and newly assigned personnel are provided with general delivery. Newly assigned personnel can use general delivery until a permanent resident address is established or discontinued after 90 days. The mailing format used for general delivery is to follow: Last name, First name, 490 Ave B, General Delivery, Dyess AFB, TX 79607. For any inquiries, please call 325-696-2458 or DSN 312-461-2458.