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.

The Total Army Sponsorship Program (TASP) is now accessible in Army Career Tracker (ACT)to assist Soldiers and DA Civilians during the transition to their new assignment.  Service Members will fill out the DA Form 5434 Sponsorship Program Counseling and Info Sheet in ACT.  Commanders now have the ability to guarantee the successful assignment of individual sponsors through the streamlined Sponsorship process found only in ACT. TASP ensures that incoming Soldiers are assigned Sponsors prior to reporting to their new installations. Obtaining a Sponsor reduces the stress of reporting to a new unit, enhancing resiliency, and improving readiness among Soldiers and family members.

It is important to ensure you have Common Access Card (CAC) access during your PCS movement to maintain in communications with your sponsor. If you do not have CAC access, you can use your DS Login during leave period, TDY enroute, or PCS travel. It may also be helpful is share a civilian email address with your TASP sponsor.

If you are on orders to Korea and are less than 30 days from your PCS report date, or if you have not been contacted by your sponsor, contact a Korea Sponsorship Coordinator at the phone numbers below or by email at:  usarmy.humphreys.8-army.mbx.g1-tasp-korea@mail.mil or army.mbx.g1-tasp-korea@army.mil. More information, please visit https://8tharmy.korea.army.mil/site/newcomers/total-army-sponsorship-program.asp 

If you know your specific unit assignment, you may contact that TASP coordinator directly:

Command Sponsorship Program is not final and approved until Military Personnel Division (Korea) cuts the approving memorandum/order.

With the cooperation of all the parties involved in the command sponsorship/joint domicile process, MPD and G1 can better assist the soldier so he or she can have a smooth reunion with their families.

Personnel can check the status of pending requests by logging onto the Eighth United States Army Human Resources website and selecting "Your Assignment Information." Personnel are discouraged from bringing family members to Korea without approval, as it may result in serious financial or family hardship while serving in Korea.

References:

• USFK Reg 614-1, Military Command Sponsorship Program
• Eighth US Army Supplement 1 to USFK Reg 614-1, Military Command Sponsorship Program Key Billet/Key and Essential Positions
• AR 55-46, Travel Overseas
• AR 614-30, Overseas Service
• Command Sponsorship Information for military: https://8tharmy.korea.army.mil/site/newcomers/command-Sponsorship.asp
• Civilian Acculturation Program (Sponsorship for Civilians): https://8tharmy.korea.army.mil/site/newcomers/civilian-acculturation-program.asp

Temporary quarters

Dragon Hill Lodge is the post lodging at Yongsan. Make your temporary lodging reservations by calling 011-822-7918-2222. Temporary lodging for accompanied personnel can be reserved for up to 60 days. For contact information and online reservation, please visit https://www.dragonhilllodge.com/contact-us

Camp Casey Army Lodging. Make your lodging reservations by calling DSN 730-4247 Commercial 031-869-4247 or online reservations https://army.dodlodging.net/propertys/Camp-Casey-Lodging

Command sponsorship

Command sponsorship is the authorization of family members to live accompanied with the service member in the Republic of Korea. All command sponsorship requests for Korea must be sent to the Eighth Army website. 

The command sponsorship's POC is the Brigade S1 in Korea and the reassignment/redeployment office in CONUS/OCONUS. All service members need to follow up with this point of contact. 

Procedures to Request out-of-country command sponsorship:

1. Upon notification of assignment, the gaining unit will provide pinpoint assignment orders and sponsor the soldier encouraging command sponsorship.

2. The following documents are required to process a command sponsorship request:

• DA Form 4787 R – Reassignment Processing.
• DA 5888 (Sep 2002), Block #8 must be authenticated by the S-1 and have the appropriate EFMP stamp.
• DD Form 2792 (Nov 06) - Exceptional Family Member Medical Summary (Only if a family member is enrolled or warrants enrollment in EFMP).
• DD Form 2792-1 (Nov 06) Individual Education Program (IEP) and Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP) - Exceptional Family Member Special Education/Early Intervention Summary (If a family member is enrolled or warrants enrollment in EFMP; in addition to the DD 2792-1, a current IEP or IFSP is required as well).
• If soldier is assigned to Area I, provide either benefits limitation counseling memorandum as per USFK Policy Letter #26 or approved Overseas Housing Allowance Secretarial Waiver if soldier is requesting to reside in Area II.

3. The soldier will submit the request for command sponsorship through their losing Military Personnel Division.