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.

While Reserve installations do not provide the typical relocation assistance services and do not have the full complement of services found in Relocation Assistance Programs at active-duty installations, we will assist you if you are relocating to March Air Reserve Base. While we have community information that will assist in relocating to this area, we maintain limited information about schools, housing, employment, pets and medical facilities. We will research and provide details on any areas of concern about your relocation. We will provide information that is specific to you and your family in your transition to the March ARB area on a case-by-case basis.

Relocation Assistance

As March ARB is a Reserve installation, only limited relocation services are available. Newcomers Briefing is held the Saturday of each Unit Training Assembly. For any questions regarding your relocation to March ARB, please contact us at 951-655-3028/5099 or DSN 312-447-3028/5099. Please leave a message on the answering machine if no one answers, and we will get back to you.

For general information on relocation, please email or call the following:

Navy Personnel: email householdgoods@navy.mil or call 855-444-6683.

Marine Personnel: email usmcpersonalproperty@usmc.mil or call 703-695-7765.

Air Force Personnel: email ppahq.ppec.customerservice@us.af.mil or call 210-652-3357.

You may also visit the Plan My Move website.