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.

The Sponsorship Program provides incoming personnel with meaningful prearrival communication, adequate support upon arrival and relocation assistance to meet the sailor's needs.

The goal of the program is to facilitate a smooth transition and assimilation into the new command.

When you receive orders for Mayport, you will be assigned a sponsor from your gaining unit to assist with settling into your new location. If you have not been assigned a sponsor, or have not been contacted, you can request a sponsor through your new command.

Your sponsor may be able to supply you with a command address until you have obtained a permanent address. After you arrive at Mayport, report immediately to the base Quarterdeck located in Naval Station Headquarters, Building 1. Those reporting to a tenant command should report to that command's Quarterdeck. Personnel whose orders are to a ship, should report directly to their ship if it is in port. If the ship is not in port, check in with the Naval Station Quarterdeck for assistance at phone 904-270-5401.

The Naval Base in Mayport Post Office does not have P.O. Boxes available. We recommend that you forward your mail to your new command's mailing address, or call the Mayport Road, Atlantic Beach, FL 32233 post office at 904-241-2026 for more information.