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.

Contact your work and family life consultant at the Fleet and Family Support Center at your present duty station to prepare for your move. You may also contact the work and family life consultant at your new duty station to help you and your family make these all-important decisions. Relocation services are provided for the entire moving process. Come to the FFSC for answers to your questions and help along the way.

Outbound services – A reference library of information is available through this website, and relocation workshops are also offered. Help with the Department of Defense Personal Property System is also available.

Inbound services – Our FFSC will provide Welcome Aboard packets as well as workshops on numerous relocation issues on a regular basis.

Loan Locker hospitality kits – If you are arriving or leaving Naval Support Facility Indian Head and are without your household goods, visit the FFSC on Dahlgren to borrow items from our Loan Locker. Available items include dishes, pots and pans, tables and chairs, coffee pots, irons and toaster kits. 

Relocation assistance

The FFSC Outreach Center at Indian Head is open every Wednesday, 1000-1500. Questions about Indian Head are welcomed by the FFSC’s Information and Referral specialists, who can be reached at 540-653-1839 or 800-500-4947. 

The Naval Support Activity South Potomac FFSC offers a wide variety of services, support and programs to help ease the stress and financial strain of a permanent change of station move. Services available to all active-duty members and their families include a Loan Locker with commonly used kitchen items, as well as sleeping futons, folding tables and chairs, coffee pots, irons, toasters and linens.

A Newcomers Orientation is held at the command’s discretion or at the request of the service member or their family. For additional information about transferring to NSF Indian Head, contact the Relocation Assistance Program manager at DSN 312-249-1839, 540-653-1839 or 800-500-4947.