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.

If you have not been assigned a sponsor for your PCS to Offutt AFB, you will first need to contact your gaining unit prior to arrival to be assigned a sponsor. 
If you still have not been assigned a sponsor after contacting your gaining unit, please call the Military & Family Readiness Center at 402-294-4329 / DSN 271-4329 and ask to speak with the relocation team who will assist you in obtaining a sponsor.

Meeting your sponsor in person may be an option upon your arrival to receive a tour of the local area and base. Please always be sure to meet in public locations.
The welcome center is down the street from the Kenney Gate (also known as the Flag Gate) and may be a perfect starting point for your excursion of the local area.

For mail forwarding upon your arrival at Offutt AFB, you can use the following address: (your rank and name), 105 Airman Circle, Suite 99999, Offutt Air Force Base, NE 68113-2070.
When you arrive, your mail can be picked up at Building 365 Turner Hall, located left of the Kenney Gate after entering the base.