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 services include a Loaner Locker to use until your household goods arrive, information about child registration and registration for the Intercultural Relations briefing. The ICR briefing is a mandatory four-day course that gives newcomers a taste of what life will be like in this region of Spain.

Installation-specific Information

An overseas move represents a very significant stress encountered by personnel in the military today. As with any major change, it is normal to experience a period of adjustment beginning anywhere from three to six months before the move until about six to 12 months after. This adjustment usually occurs regardless of the number of prior moves you’ve experienced.

For a smoother move, start planning as soon as you find out you will be relocating. Set up an appointment with a Work and Family Life specialist at your FFSC, and contact your receiving command where you will be reporting. They can provide moving information, base and local information, and family needs information to military members and their families. Contact the command sponsor coordinator via email at usn.rota.navstarotasp.mbx.ffsc@us.navy.mil or call commercial 011-34-956-82-3232 or DSN 314-727-3232. For additional command information, visit the command website or the command Facebook.

Our Work and Family Life specialists offer one-on-one consultations and classes for those who desire a group setting. For a personal consultation, to sign up for a class or for more information, contact the Naval Station Rota FFSC.