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.

Correspondence with your sponsor -- The most important way to prepare for this assignment is to correspond with your sponsor. Contact with your sponsor will enable you to have a trouble free move and an easier adjustment to your new environment. Once you know that you're coming to Naval Support Activity Naples Department Gaeta (NSAND GAETA) or the USS Mount Whitney, there is no time to waste in getting ready to move. A move overseas requires months of preparation. It cannot be overemphasized that you should immediately contact your sponsor.

Constant two-way communication between you and your sponsor will help avoid needless worries and frustrations. If you have not received a letter from your sponsor, write immediately to your reporting command (addresses below), giving the following information:

• Your name and reporting date
• Names, ages, sexes and relationship of accompanying dependents
• Mailing addresses for all periods prior to arrival here
• Telephone, DSN number, and email where you can be reached
• Any other helpful information about yourself, such as hotel needs, family size, ages of children, number of beds, cribs, and any special considerations
• Pets you may be bringing
• Ask any questions you may have

>> If you have orders to the USS Mount Whitney (LCC-20) you must contact one of the following:

• From inside the U.S. call 757-443-7200 or DSN 314-626-7200.
• From within Europe call 011-39-081-568-9000.
• Email: MTW-Sponsor@lcc20.navy.mil
• Command Ombudsman: mtwombudsman@gmail.com

USS MOUNT WHITNEY (LCC/JCC20)
NIT 100234 BOX 001
FPO AE 09577-3320
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>> If you have orders to the Naval Support Activity Naples Department Gaeta (NSAND GAETA) you must contact the following:

• ADMIN:  DSN 314-626-8302/8380
• From within Europe call 011-39-081-568-8302/8380.
• Command Ombudsman: gaeta.omb@gmail.com

And ask for the Sponsor Coordinator for NSAND GAETA.

The mailing address for NSA NAPLES DET GAETA (NSAND GAETA) is:

SPONSOR COORDINATOR
PSC 811 BOX 001
FPO AE, 09609

Upon your arrival to NSAND Gaeta, a Command Sponsor will meet you at the airport and take care of you.

Newcomers to Gaeta will attend a Command newcomer briefing. Following the briefing, participants also attend an Area Orientation Class, Intercultural Seminar (AO/ICR SEMINAR) and a day Field trip to Rome.

If an AO/ICR SEMINAR class is not available, a condensed one-on-one brief (One-Stop Check-In) will be offered to the newcomer by the Gaeta Fleet and Family Support Center, or FFSC, to assure that all essential information is provided and appropriate referrals are made as needed. The FFSC has Loan Closet Kits available. You may contact the FFSC Relocation Assistance by calling 011-39-081-568-8357 or DSN 314-626-8357.