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.

If you are within 90 days of departure from your current assignment and do not have a sponsor, please contact your gaining unit's Commander Support Staff (CSS) to receive assistance with obtaining a sponsor. Their contact information can be found on Global. If you will be assigned to a detachment, Air Forces Network, Army, or 8th Fighter Wing tenant unit, please search the Kunsan Air Base Global for the appropriate agency and contact them via email. Upon receipt of your PCS orders, send an electronic copy to your sponsor so they can set up your mailbox and provide your new mailing address. If you do not have a mailbox, your general delivery mailing address will be as follows: rank, name, PSC 2 Box 5000, APO AP 96264.

Occasionally, newcomers arrive and find their sponsor is on their midtour leave and no one is available to assist them. Should this be the case, please ensure you stay in contact with your sponsor so they can plan for someone to assist you upon arrival. If you have had limited contact with your sponsor or have not received a sponsor, please contact your gaining unit or call 315-782-1110 (base operator) to be connected to your CSS. Additionally, you can contact the Military and Family Readiness Center Relocation Program manager via email at 8fss.mfrc.officialcoord@us.af.mil