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 Fleet and Family Support Center Relocation Program at Naval Base Kitsap is available to help answer questions you have about coming to this base and to the Kitsap County area.

We have many resources available to help you with your next move, including Smooth Move and Welcome Aboard classes, and individual appointments upon request. Contact the Regional Scheduling Office at 866-854-0638 to register for a class or schedule an appointment.

Planning ahead is the most important task for you and your family members.

Visit MilitaryINSTALLATIONS for information on you new duty station as well as every other Department of Defense installation worldwide. Your current installation FFSC can help with checklists to keep you on track with all the things needed to do before you hit the road.

Visit dps.move.mil to set up your household goods move. Remember to start early as summer is peak season and you may not get the pack-out dates you want if you don't plan ahead.

Also visit: Military One Source for extra pcs resources.

The FFSC has hospitality kits to loan out while household goods are in transit. These kits include dishes, cooking and eating utensils, pots/pans and other miscellaneous kitchen items. In addition, we have coffee makers, toasters, irons, ironing boards and sleeping mats. The number of items we have is not unlimited. We run low or completely out of some items during certain times. We do not provide any linens or furniture.

If you are able to bring any basic survival items with you, we recommended you do so. We would like to help everyone with everything they need, and we try!

Hospitality kits are located at FFSC Blue, 2901 Barbel on the Naval Base Kitsap, Bangor and may be checked out Monday-Thursday between 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m., and Fridays from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The FFSC Relocation Program at Naval Base Kitsap is available to help answer questions you have about coming to this base and to the Kitsap County area. For more Information, our referral staff is ready to assist you in any way possible with questions you have on almost any topic, whether is has to do with base services, services in the civilian community, education opportunities, recreation in the area, you name it! For more information, call 360-396-4115.

Relocation Assistance

Relocation services for Naval Base Kitsap can be found by calling Military OneSource, 800-342-9647 or your local Fleet and Family Support Program on your local base. Whether you are settling in or departing from Navy Region Northwest, the following relocation services can help ease the associated stress for you and your family by providing Relocation Workshops (including Newcomer Brief), Welcome Aboard Information, hospitality kits and loaner items, individual or family consultation and exceptional family member resources.

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