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.

Relocation Assistance Program

The Fleet and Family Support Center (FFSC) Relocation Assistance Program assists single, married, married with children, single parents, same gender parents and family members of active duty and mobilized reservist and active reservist personnel relocating to and from Pensacola. Welcome aboard packages are available for newcomers, at our office. If we are unable to answer the phone, please, leave your name, call back phone number.  We also offer electronic Welcome Aboard Packages upon request.  Contact us at 850-452-5990 ext. 0 if you have any questions.

Command indoctrinations are conducted for newcomers, as well as, a multitude of relocation assistance services for transferring personnel. The assistance we offer here at the Naval Air Station Pensacola FFSC Relocation Assistance Office is: Smooth Move, Sponsor Training, Culture Awareness, Overseas Briefs, Deployment Readiness, Relocation Financial Planning, Information on your next command, Stress Management Briefings, Outbound briefings, etc.

Our hours are Monday-Friday; 7:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. (closed on weekends and holidays).

If you are a spouse and new to the military, call our Information and Referral Specialist for New Spouse Information, and attend the Spouse Orientation.

Relocation Assistance

The Relocation Assistance Office provides Welcome Aboard Services to all military (active duty and reserves and all branches of the service) personnel, DoD employees and retirees.  NAS Pensacola FFSC Loan Locker consists of Kitchen items only and are on loan for 30 days to military personnel or their authorized family members. Furniture, linens, cribs, etc., are not available for loan at this installation.  Contact us at 850-452-5990 ext. 0.

Family member travel to NAS Pensacola is not authorized unless it is specifically stated in PCS orders. US Navy Regulations prohibit payment for moving Household Goods more than once per fiscal year (01 October - 30 September). Do not bring your family members unless authorized within your orders. If you do bring them, you will receive no government compensation for the cost of moving your family members, and it will affect your Permanent Change of Station entitlements. Brown Bagger chits are a command sponsored privilege only. Assistance and guidance are available for newcomers at the NAS Pensacola Fleet and Family Support Center.  Spouse Orientation is provided to incoming and new military spouses once a month at the NAS Pensacola FFSC.  Contact the NAS Pensacola FFSC  850-452-5990 ext. 0, for additional information.