Fort Campbell  Base Essentials

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.

Families with children may also want to visit Military Kids Connect, an online community for military children and youth. The site offers games, videos and links to teen-led installation tours.

Youth Sponsorship Program

The Fort Campbell Child and Youth Services, Middle School and Teen Program provides a youth sponsorship program which helps relocated youth to become familiar with their new home at Fort Campbell. For more information contact the school support services at 270-798-9874 or access the following website at Youth Sponsorship School Support Services to send an email, and complete a request for sponsor form for your youth. Resources available in Making the Move Easier for Military Kids can be found at MilitaryOneSource Helping Military Kids through a Move.

Requesting a Sponsor from Fort Campbell

Soldiers in the rank Private to Staff Sergeant; Second Lieutenant to Captain; and Warrant Officer One to Chief Warrant Officer Two are required to have a sponsor before reporting to Fort Campbell and prior to departing losing installation. To begin your request for a sponsor, go to the Army Career Tracker and complete sections one, two, four and five of your Department of the Army Form 5434. Your sponsor will complete section three of the DA Form 5434. Remember to complete your Total Army Sponsorship Outbound Survey before departing your losing installation.  If you arrive to Fort Campbell without a sponsor, a reactionary sponsor will be assigned. Should you need assistance obtaining a sponsor, you may contact your gaining unit or the Fort Campbell Installation Total Army Sponsorship Liaison office at ftckytotalarmysponsorship@army.mil or 270-798-5250/7272, Monday through Friday, 1-3:30 p.m.