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.

Please go to the Sponsorship website or call the Naval Air Station Fallon Administrative Office at 775-426-2703 if you have not received contact information from your sponsor. If you are flying into the Reno-Tahoe International Airport, you need to contact your sponsor at least two to three days prior to arrival and make arrangements to be picked up. The airport is about 1 1/2 hours from Naval Air Station Fallon. If you have not made prior arrangements, you can call the Command Duty Officer at 775-426-8257, who will try to have your sponsor pick you up. If you choose this option, plan to spend the night in Reno. The taxi fare to Naval Air Station Fallon from the Reno-Tahoe Airport, which is only reimbursable in certain circumstances, will exceed $100.00. Arriving personnel should check in at the NAS Fallon Quarterdeck in Building 350 inside the main gate. Forward mail en route to Mail Room, Building 304, NAS Fallon, NV 89496-5000.