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 and download this fact sheet 7 Steps to Make Your Household Goods Move a Smart Move. 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 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.

Visit the Military and Family Readiness Center in Building 272, Room C1-209, or call 310-653-5290 for community information and assistance. The military/civilian onboarding workshop is held the first Tuesday of every month from 8 a.m.-11:30 p.m. on the second floor of Building 272, Room C2-205. This is a time to greet the leadership, hear about base services, and attend mandatory trainings. Los Angeles Air Force Base does not have a Loan Closet.

Installation Specific Information

When you first learn of your assignment, contact your Personnel Office at your losing base to request a sponsor. This may be an automated process, whereby Los Angeles AFB will be contacted electronically to assign a sponsor for you. You may also use the MilitaryINSTALLATIONS website to request a sponsor. Your sponsor will answer many of your questions by telephone, letter or personal contact. When you arrive, please be sure to provide feedback about your sponsor at the introductory class. A survey will be provided to you.

You can visit the websites of the two major newspapers in the area of the base. The Los Angeles Times and the Daily Breeze websites can be very valuable to your move to the Los Angeles area. Check out these two newspapers to get an idea of the community activities and housing costs.

Attend a Managing Your Move workshop or Smooth Move workshop conducted by your present base. Here you will receive valuable information on preparing for the movers, understanding your military pay and travel pay benefits and preparing for base housing inspections. Visit your M&FRC to check out the information they have on file for Los Angeles AFB, or call the Los Angeles AFB M&FRC at 310-653-5290 or DSN 633-5290.

Relocating teens can make friends before arriving at Los Angeles AFB by requesting a teen sponsor. Sponsors will send you a packet of information on schools, places to visit, fun things to do and other ways to make your move more enjoyable. Send your name, age, facts about yourself (hobbies, school activities you enjoy and what you want to know about Los Angeles) to Youth Activities Center, 2400 Pacific Ave., Building 425, San Pedro, California 90731.

If you have questions about sponsorship, call the Los Angeles AFB Military Personnel Element at 310-653-5114.