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.

A dedicated sponsor is officially assigned to you once your gaining unit receives formal confirmation of your Permanent Change of Station. You must ensure that this sponsorship link is firmly established before you depart your current unit. If you have not been contacted by your sponsor within 60 days of your reporting date, you must proactively request one by contacting your local Military Personnel Flight, the Command Support Staff at your gaining installation (requesting the sponsorship point of contact), or the Military & Family Readiness Center at 719-556-6141 or via email at 21fss.fsh_distro@us.af.mil.

Your sponsor is tasked with providing you and your family with essential installation and local community information, covering on- and off-base quartering, schooling, and local employment opportunities, as well as assisting with critical pre-arrival logistics. Additionally, they should brief you on your gaining unit’s leadership structure, specifically identifying your incoming Commander and First Sergeant. You must maintain continuous communication with your sponsor throughout your transit; should your itinerary or travel arrangements alter—whether taking leave en route, travelling by air, road, taxi, or private vehicle—you must brief them on your complete plan to ensure your integration at Peterson SFB is seamless and all in-processing requirements are satisfied.

All arriving personnel who will not be housed in the barracks may have their mail redirected to 360 W. Otis St. Bldg. 1466, Peterson SFB, CO. 80914, until a permanent local address is secured.

Personnel assigned to the service dormitories can request an individual mail box immediately upon arrival at Peterson SFB. You are required to present yourself in person at the post office, complete an Air Force Form 624, and provide a copy of your posting orders.