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 ACT account from the S-1. 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 Recruiting Center.  You may get more information on housing options on https://www.housing.af.mil/Home-depricated/Units/Joint-Base-San-Antonio/. You will be pleased with the reasonable cost of living in the San Antonio Recruiting Battalion area.

Please call our S-1 staff at 210-957-5246 with questions regarding in-processing. Report to the Battalion Before reporting to your Place of Duty.

Sponsorship

You will receive a welcome letter from the Battalion S-1 including your sponsor’s contact information as well as the Battalion Support Facility Annex. Your sponsor will be able to help you with local information on the area you are assigned to and the SFA can provide you support and information on quality-of-life programs.