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.

The greatest protection against incurring untenable financial liabilities and other family stressors is early preparation. The Fleet & Family Support Center or Army Community Service Center at your current location and the office at NAS JRB Fort Worth can assist you in accomplishing this task. 

We will assist you in details about current housing availability, cost of living, child care, schools and recreational opportunities in the Fort Worth, Texas vicinity. We are also capable of assisting with move planning, cultural adjustments, personal and family financial planning and assistance for coping with possible emotional stressors which can accompany PCS planning and relocation.

Once you arrive, use the Lending Locker to check out some small items to hold you over until your household goods shipment arrives. We are able to check out a standard issue loan locker which contains dishes, eating utensils, drinking glasses, a toaster, a coffee maker and other small utensils.  

Relocation Assistance

Personnel contemplating renting a home or apartment should be aware that once you have moved here, the government will not move you a second time to a new location unless you are moving from off-base housing into on-base housing. To ensure you find the best housing options possible, be sure to visit your Housing Referral Office. It is essential to choose your location carefully and be sure to have the HRO review any lease agreements you may be required to sign.

Be sure to place your name on the housing list when you first arrive, even if you intend to live off base. If you fail to add your name upon arrival and later decide you wish to live in on-base housing, your name will go on the list based on the date you place your request on the list, not the date of your arrival. For more information, call 817-782-5711 or DSN 312-739-5711.

NAS JRB Fort Worth is made up of approximately 40 separate commands. Each command is responsible for scheduling its new arrivals for a Base Indoctrination briefing. Please check with your command’s administrative section to find out when you will be scheduled to attend Base Indoctrination.

The FFSC’s RAP phone number is 817-782-5287 or DSN 312-739-5287.