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.

Newcomers to Naval Support Activity Naples Department Gaeta will attend an Area Orientation and Intercultural Relations Seminar (four days total) that includes a Field Trip to Rome .

This seminar will help ease the transition of newcomers into Italy and to introduce them to the Italian language, customs, traditions and information about culture shock. Newcomers also participate in transportation-oriented field trips, learning to use local bus and train transportation system. Cultural awareness classes (ICR) include an Italian language lesson, a cooking class, specialty field trips to exciting places such as an olive oil factory and more.

When the AO/ICR Seminar is not available, a quick one-on-one orientation (One-stop Check-In Brief) on what needs to be done and in what order is provided to the newcomers through the Gaeta Fleet and Family Support Center. Newcomers will be provided with materials, get a quick tour of the base and be introduced to what services are available. 

The One Stop Check-in Brief will be tailored to the individual’s essential needs and may take from minutes to hours depending on time availability and the different needs of the newcomers.

The FFSC has Loan Closet Kits available, providing household items to newly reporting and detaching personnel through the temporary loan of household goods until your personal HHG shipment arrives. The Loan Closet carries pots and pans and cooking and eating utensils.

You may contact the Gaeta FFSC Relocation Assistance Program at 011-39-081-568-8357 or DSN 314-626-8357.

The Housing Welcome Center has loaner furniture (i.e. beds, dresser drawers, night tables, microwaves, etc.) which also can be checked out for a certain period of time until you receive your personal HHGs.