Relocation Assistance

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. 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 be 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.

Installation Specific Information

The Personnel Processing Center briefing is held on Tuesdays from 7:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at TAPS located at 908 Butler Rd. Bldg. 22420. In-processing includes Newcomers Orientation on Wednesdays 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at Murr Community Center, building 51301, located on Cushing Street, for Soldiers, Family members, and DOD civilians. For more information, contact the Relocation Readiness Program at 520-533-5919 or Soldier and Family Readiness Center (SFRC) at 520-533-2330.

Relocation Readiness Program

RRP provides numerous resources, information, and classes for the Soldier and family upon relocation to Fort Huachuca. Some individual units will provide their own newcomers orientation. Reentry briefs are offered at the weekly in-processing briefing. Conversational English classes are offered at the installation for foreign born soldiers and family members and ESL classes are available at Cochise College in Sierra Vista. There is a small fee for ESL classes depending on the sponsors grade at Cochise College. Outgoing Soldiers and Families are offered counseling, gaining installation information and coordination, sponsorship training, Overseas Orientations and access to the Lending Locker. Our Lending Locker provides essential items primarily for the PCSing family while household goods are in transit. Our inventory includes cookware, dinnerware, small kitchen appliances and folding tables and chairs. There are no linens. Relocation Readiness Program and Lending Locker are especially designed to make transition into our community an easier, more pleasant experience. For more information on these programs please contact us at 520-533-5919 or 520-533-2330.

Out-processing

Everyone who is out-processing must clear SFRC, Exceptional Family Member Program, Army Emergency Relief. No one else is authorized to sign clearance papers for these organizations. SFRC maintains comprehensive, accurate, and up-to-date information on available civilian and military community resources.

For more information on RRP services at Fort Huachuca, please contact us by phone at 520-533-5919, 520-533-2330, or visit us in Building 50010.