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.

You will be given your battalion assignment during the second week of recruiter school. Shortly thereafter, you will receive an email sent to your Army Knowledge Online or AKO account from the S-1 section. This email will include the name and contact information for your sponsor, who will contact you within 7 days.

As your quality of life will be influenced greatly by your commute, you'll want to utilize the relocation tools to ensure you're within a reasonable commuting distance of your station. Don't make housing arrangements until you get here.

The in-processing times are as follows: Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Soldiers must report in Army combat uniform. If for some reason you are unable to arrive at the appropriate time, please contact the S-1 section at 919-850-3201 or 919-954-7568. As your quality of life will be influenced by your commute to your duty assignment each day, remember that your assignment could possibly change based on the needs of our battalion. So before signing any lease or enrolling children in schools, please sign into the S-1 section first to have your assignment confirmed. The Battalion Headquarters is located at 3117 Poplarwood Court, Suite 201, Raleigh, NC 27604. Please ensure that you have at a minimum the following documents when in processing:

• PCS orders and any amendments to these orders
• Original DA 31 (leave form)
• Finance packet to include advance travel receipts
• Last noncommissioned officer evaluation report or NCOER, and additional skill identifiers, or ASI orders (provided by the Army Recruiter School)
• Army Recruiter Course graduation certificate (unless coming from OCONUS)
• Vehicle registration (if you have two vehicles)
• Information necessary to update DD 93 and Servicemembers Group Life Insurance, or SGLI
• Military ID card, civilian and military driver's license.
• Quarters termination sheet if you lived in government quarters.
• Accident Avoidance Course certificate
• DA 705 and DD 5500/5501 if applicable
• Copy of all Information Assurance/Awareness Training certificates

It is extremely important that 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 assignment if you forget any of these documents. In-processing must be completed on the day you arrive at the battalion. Once you arrive at the battalion for in-processing your recruiting station assignment will be confirmed; please don't enroll children in schools or purchase/lease a residence until then. If you have any further assistance or questions please call 919-850-3201, and once again, welcome to the Raleigh Recruiting Battalion.