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.

Welcome to Naval Base Kitsap (NBK)!  NBK serves as the host command for the Navy’s fleet throughout the Pacific Northwest, providing exceptional installation services, programs, and facilities to meet the needs of its hosted war-fighting commands, tenant activities, and personnel. NBK is located on the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington State, and is a conglomerate of installations at Bangor, Bremerton, Jackson Park, Keyport, and Manchester. Further information about NBK can be found on our command website (https://www.cnic.navy.mil/kitsap/). You have been assigned a Sponsor. In order to assist you in a smooth PCS, please keep frequent contact and provide details concerning your move and check in. If you have further questions please contact NBK Sponsor Coordinator (W_CNI_BANG_NBKCOMMANDSPONSOR_US01@NAVY.MIL)

After you receive final orders to Naval Base Kitsap, your current command will send a message to your new command stating when you will arrive. A sponsor will be assigned and given contact information about you. You may contact your command/sponsor and ask for a Welcome Aboard Packet. Military One Source is also a great point of contact for information. Your sponsor can provide information on transportation, or your command may arrange for a duty driver. If no duty driver is available and your sponsor is not able to pick you up from the airport, you may ride the Kitsap/Bremerton Airporter Shuttle (360-876-1737). They are located outside of the baggage claim area at gate 00. Check with your sponsor to find out where to get off the airporter shuttle once you arrive in the Bremerton/Bangor area.

Check in with your housing office if you need family housing. You may start your paperwork as soon as you receive your final orders. When you arrive at Naval Base Kitsap, report directly to your new command and be sure to do so by the date on your orders. The Duty Office for Naval Base Kitsap is 360-627-4024. Mail enroute should be forwarded to a trusted address until quarters have been arranged.