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 War Department relocation tool that provides you with customizable checklists and links to helpful resources for the tasks ahead.
• Military OneSource: A website and contact center that offer 24/7 support for moving information and resources. Learn more about PCS basics. For comprehensive moving resources and information, including Defense Personal Property login 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 be 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: Sometimes 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.

When notified of an assignment to Moody Air Force Bas, make the Military and Family Readiness Center Family your first stop. There are many resources available to make the move to your next duty station go smoothly.

The Relocation Assistance Team can provide information, counseling, relocation planning, referral, emergency assistance and services necessary to support service members and War Department civilians, married or single, spouses and retirees who are undergoing a permanent change of station move or a relocation to Moody Air Force Base, Valdosta, Georgia, or the surrounding areas.

Moody AFB Programs

Child Care for PCS

The Air and Space Forces Aid Society's Child Care for PCS program gives you 20 hours of free childcare per child, up to 60 days prior to departure and arrival of your duty station. Visit your Military and Family Readiness Center for a voucher.

Relocation Assistance

In-processing and newcomer orientation is held every other Thursday at 7:30 a.m. at the Moody Field Club. This is a mandatory appointment, and spouses are encouraged to attend. Once you attend the newcomers' orientations, you will be invited to the "Onboarding Welcome Breakfast" for a meet and greet with leadership and your new Moody family members. Contact the Moody Military and Family Readiness Center at 229-257-3333 or 4773 for relocation assistance.

What is Sponsorship?

A continuous process of providing information and assistance to the relocating personnel and their family members from the time they receive their new duty assignment until they are settled in their new community. For sponsorship tools to help you along the way, pick up sponsor packet at the Military and Family Readiness Center. If interested in becoming a sponsor, visit Military OneSource for information about eSponsorship Application & Training or call the Moody Air Force Base Relocation Department at 229-257-4773.