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.

Be sure to stop by the Military and Family Readiness Center for information on schools, utility companies and neighborhoods. Take advantage of PCS Child Care, an Air Force Aid Society program and get 20 hours of free childcare (per child) before leaving your current duty station and another 20 hours (per child) at your gaining base. Upon arrival, you will be scheduled by the military personnel section or your Unit CSS/CSA to attend Right Start Newcomers' Orientation for in-processing. Military personnel will also schedule you for your finance in-processing appointment to file your travel voucher. During Right Start, newcomers will increase their knowledge of Nellis Air Force Base and the local community, and they can visit many agencies at the Information Fair. The M&FRC encourages spouses to attend Right Start. You can reach the M&FRC at 702-652-3327 or DSN 312-682-3327.

Pre-Arrival Newcomers Orientation through Zoom Meeting available for incoming spouses, members and any spouses interested every other month.  To learn and register, please contact the M&FRC at 702-652-3327 or DSN 312-682-3327.

If you need dishes, pot and pans or other light housekeeping items until your things arrive, you may borrow them from the Loan Locker located at the Outdoor Rec Center 702-652-2514.

Installation Specific Information

The Military and Family Readiness Center is the focal point for relocation assistance. The Relocation Assistance Office provides current information, services, counseling and education concerning relocation as it relates to the family life cycle. They accomplish this through the internet, which has information you can customize for a personalized relocation plan. They also collaborate and coordinate with other federal, state and civilian agencies that provide relocation and other assistance services. The Relocation Office also offers checklists, numerous pamphlets/handouts, seminars and one-on-one consultations, and the Loan Closet to assist with all aspects of the relocation process. For additional information or to contact the M&FRC, call 702-652-3327 or DSN 312-682-3327.

Be sure to make the M&FRC Relocation Office the first stop as we will provide you with relocation guides for Las Vegas as well as maps of Nellis Air Force Base and the Las Vegas area. We also have school information and can help you find answers to your relocation questions.

If you are PCSing and are active-duty Air Force, the Air Force Aid Society pays for 20 hours of child care per child at the gaining and losing installations. Contact the M&FRC for details and a certificate of eligibility.

If you are coming to Nellis Air Force Base for the purpose of separating/retiring from the Air Force, your first stop should be the Separations Section of the Military Personnel Flight. They will assist you with all aspects of the process. You should also contact the transition assistance manager at the Military and Family Readiness Center.

Relocation related services:

• Local employment services including resume and networking assistance
• Personal financial advice including budgets, home-buying info, investments and overcoming debt
• Air Force Aid Society including emergency financial assistance and "Child Care for PCS"
• Loan Closet which loans out dish kits and kitchen items at no cost for personnel on PCS orders
• Airman's Attic maintains a clearinghouse of gently used household items and furniture to personnel E-6 and below
• Volunteer opportunities
• Base Newcomer Briefings