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.

ARRIVING SOLDIERS

While PCS travel always has many surprises, knowing more about the area and the people you'll be working with can really help. This site is designed to help you familiarize yourself with your new community and enable you to contact your commander and 1st Sergeant.

Find out everything you need before you move...

Call the Army OneSource toll free at 1-800-342-9647 for your free relocation report compliments of US Army Recruiting for soldiers assigned to recruiting duty.

• Cost of living for city and state to which you are relocating and how it compares with the cost of living where you presently reside.
• Crime statistics
• Profiles for types of schools
• Location of churches, synagogues and mosques
• Historical weather conditions
• Vehicle registration policies and procedures

See also the Defense Manpower Data Center and Military Spouse Employment Resource. 

To request a "Welcome Packet" please contact the Soldier Family Assistance Program Manager at 520-693-1594 with your complete mailing address and contact information. Please keep in mind your actual recruiting station assignment can change upon in-processing into the battalion.

Reporting Instructions

Report to the Battalion Headquarters located at 4000 N Central Ave, Floor 21, Phoenix, AZ 85012.

You must bring the following items with you at the time you in process:

• PCS orders and any amendments to these orders
• Original DA 31 (leave form)
• Finance packet to include advance travel receipts (manila folder)
• DD 1561 Request for Family Separation Allowance
• MOS orders (provided by the Army Recruiter School)
• Army Recruiter Course (ARC) graduation certificate
• Vehicle registration (if you have two vehicles)
• Information necessary to update DD 93 and SGLI
• Military 201 file: 2A, 2-1, promotion packet (if applicable)
• Last NCOER
• Military ID card
• Civilian and military drivers license
• Reenlistment card
• Quarters termination sheet if you lived in government quarters
• OIF's if you have reintegration certification please bring with you
• MEDPROS Update

It is important you have all the above required documents at the time of your in-processing. This is a large battalion. You may have a long drive back to your pinpoint assignment if you forget any of these documents. In-processing must be completed on the day you arrive at the battalion.