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.

Once you receive your notification of assignment, you should request a sponsor through your command support staff or through your local Military and Family Readiness Center. If you have concerns once you have requested a sponsor, contact your command support staff.

Your sponsor should contact you for an initial assessment to determine your needs and meet you upon arrival. You should arrange where you will meet your sponsor prior to arrival. However, if your sponsor does not meet you, contact your unit of assignment during duty hours, Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. If you arrive after duty hours, contact the Lodging Office at 623-856-3941. This office is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

You can arrange to have your mail delivered to the following address while you are en route for your PCS:

Full Name

GENERAL DELIVERY

14032 W. Mustang St.

Luke AFB, AZ 85309

Mail will be delivered to the Post Office, which is located on the Base. 14032 W. Mustang Luke Air Force Base AZ 85309. Monday through Friday from 07:00 to 3:00 p.m. Closed 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. General Delivery is only available for six months, while SMs relocate. (SMs can request an extension if needed.) General Delivery is only set up to receive mail and will not be able to send outgoing mail.  P.O.  Boxes are only setup for SMs in Dorms that are going to be stationed on Luke AFB longer than one year. (Orders need to be provided to confirm timeframe.)