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.

Your sponsor will assess your need for information and provide you with a sponsor packet (paper and/or electronic) that will fit your needs. Information topics may include housing, childcare, unit specifics, weather, and more depending on your circumstances. If you don't hear from your sponsor within 60 days of your report no later than date, please contact the MPF at 701-747-3165. 

Upon receiving permanent change of station orders, first contact the local base Postal Service Center at 701-747-3841. They are open weekdays 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Saturdays 8 a.m. to noon. Failure to do so might result in some of your mail being returned to the sender prior to your arrival. After arriving, complete an AF Form 624 for a change of address.

The temporary mailing address for Grand Forks Air Force Base is:

• Rank/Name, PSC Box (101-200)
• Grand Forks Air Force Base, ND 58207

Should you arrive at Grand Forks during a period of inclement weather, please call the Grand Forks Air Force Base Snow Line at 701-747-7669 to determine late reporting instructions, base closures or delays.

Grand Forks Air Force Base can be contacted through the following social media platforms and accounts:

• USAF Connect: Search USAF Connect in the Google Play Store or in the Apple App Store then make Grand Forks AFB your favorite in the app
• Facebook: Search for Grand Forks AFB, and Grand Forks AFB Military & Family Readiness
• YouTube: Search for GrandForksAFB
• Instagram: Search for Grandforksafb
• GFAFB web page: https://www.grandforks.af.mil/