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.

Fleet and Family Support Center or your sponsor can offer information about Newcomers' Orientation, in processing for Naval Construction Training Center training students, spouse orientation programs, lending locker usage, lodging reservations, finding an apartment, the Exceptional Family Member program and more about the area. For information on dates and times, contact the FFSC at 1-800-342-3525. The FFSC has a lending closet with minor household items which can be borrowed for 30 days free of charge. They do not have furniture items such as TV's, beds or sofas. Bring a copy of orders. Verify through the Personnel Services Activity Detachment office or your current Command Financial Counselor the entitlements for Temporary Living Assistance. You can also find out in advance what expenses will be reimbursed by the Navy. For temporary lodging, check-out the GSA Lodging website which provides travelers with non-capacity controlled availability, safe and convenient locations, additional complimentary amenities, direct billing, and rates within per diem allowance.

Military One Source is a web program that includes Plan My Move a powerful new set of tools to help a military families move as smooth as possible.

Through Plan My Move you'll have access to these features and more:

• Customizable Calendar
• To Do Lists
• Departure & Arrival Checklists
• Overseas specific information
• Reliable resources focused on the community outside the gate
• Installation Overviews including local weather, maps, photos and informative topics such as household goods, check-in procedures, employment and child care
• Assistance moving with a family member who has special needs

Relocation Assistance

The Fleet & Family Support Center can help you prepare for your PCS move stateside or overseas, retiring, or separating from active duty. The Center offers a variety of services that can help you manage the financial aspects of your move, help you get settled in your new community and provide extensive information about the Mississippi Gulf Coast area. FFSC Exceptional Family Member and Medical Services also offer information and assist families with special needs members. Lending Locker items are available to active duty service members on PCS orders. Families may use these items while they wait for their household goods to arrive or after they have been shipped. For more information on the Relocation Assistance Program call 800-342-3525 or 228-871-3000.