Joint Base San Antonio (Lackland, Randolph, Sam Houston)  Military and Family Support Center

The Federal Voting Assistance Program ensures that service members, their eligible family members and overseas citizens have the tools and resources to register to vote and request an absentee ballot, regardless of their state of residence. The Voting Assistance Guide is a reference guide for everything you need to know about absentee voting in all 50 states, the U.S. territories and the District of Columbia. Select your state to find your local election office’s contact information.

Voting forms are also available online.

Military and Family Support Centers are part of the network of agencies, programs, services and partnerships which supports the overall well-being of military families. Military and Family Support Centers provide information, education and support programs to help balance the demands of military life. The Military and Family Support Center should be one of your first stops once you arrive at a new installation to connect with key programs, services and support systems.

• Deployment support provides information, education and support to assist you and your family during all phases of the deployment cycle.
• Relocation assistance provides an array of services during the relocation process to meet your moving needs.
• Personal financial management provides information, education and one-on-one financial counseling to assist you and your family in maintaining your financial readiness.
• Employment assistance offers comprehensive information, tools and resources to support career exploration, education, training and licensing, career connections and employment readiness.
• Scholarship opportunities include the My Career Advancement Account Scholarship Program, a workforce development program that provides up to $4,000 of financial assistance to eligible military spouses who are pursuing a license, certification or associate degree in a portable career field and occupation.
• Personal and family life education provides information and education to assist you and your family in developing resilience skills that can help as you navigate your mobile military lives.
• Information and referral can assist you in identifying and clarifying needs to determine appropriate forms of assistance and in locating services and programs available both on and off your installation.
• The transition assistance program prepares separating, retiring and demobilizing service members and their families with the information, skills and knowledge necessary for a successful transition from military to civilian life.

Military and Family Support Centers may provide other programs such as the following:

• Exceptional Family Member Program
• Family Advocacy Program
• New Parent Support Program

These services may vary by location and installation. Find your specific center on MilitaryINSTALLATIONS.

The Warrior and Family Support Center provides coordinated services to patients and their family members with a primary focus on wounded warriors. It provides a friendly, comfortable environment in which to take a break, watch a movie on big-screen TVs, play video games, check email or use the internet, select a book or magazine to read, make a phone call or just grab a cup of coffee. Wounded warriors and their family members visit the WFSC to maintain contact with other military members or extended family members, to receive emotional support, to get answers to their questions and to extend their rehabilitation away from the hospital. The rehabilitation involves learning to cope with war-related disabilities as individuals, as couples and as families.

The $4.5 million privately funded building offers big-screen TVs in virtually every imaginable spot, including the back patio over the two-way fireplace, plus a library of DVDs. A computer lab has more than 20 computers to check email or use the internet. The theater and game room has an assortment of Xbox games and many craft activities. Home-baked refreshments are plentiful in the dream kitchen, where the coffee pot is always on. The great room offers several seating areas with leather sofas to sink into and just relax or read some of the many books and magazines. The large, open front and back porch areas are equipped for cookouts, and the butterfly garden provides tranquil personal space on its pathways or by the peaceful flowing waterfall and pond.

For additional information, call 210-241-0811 or visit us at 3138 Rawley E. Chambers Road, Building 3628, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78219. The center is located on the Brooks Army Medical Center campus.