Relocation Assistance

Your Military and Family Support Center provides relocation assistance to help make PCS moves as smooth as possible. Resources include:

• PCS planning: Most relocation assistance programs offer consultations to help you with the moving process. If this your first military move, your first time moving overseas or you have challenging or complex circumstances contact your installation Relocation Assistance Program as soon as possible for support.
• Plan My Move: An online Defense Department relocation tool that provides you with customizable checklists and links to helpful resources for the tasks ahead.
• Military OneSource: A website and call center that offer 24/7 support for moving information and resources. Learn more about PCS basics and download this fact sheet 7 Steps to Make Your Household Goods Move a Smart Move. For comprehensive moving resources and information, including Defense Personal Property log in details, visit Moving Your Personal Property.
• Workshops and briefings: Workshops vary by location. You may find classes on housing options, moving with children, moving with pets and more.
• Predeparture briefings: These sessions provide essential information about your move and may be required for some populations.
• Special needs: If you have a child or family member enrolled in the Exceptional Family Member Program, contact your installation EFMP-Family Support office to assist you.
• Settling-in services: Look for welcome programs or local area tours that may offered. Overseas services may include introductory language classes and cultural awareness activities.
• Foreign-born spouse support: Assistance includes information and referral to resources such as immigration and naturalization.
• Emergency assistance: Sometime emergencies occur while moving. The Military and Family Support Center has the resources to provide emergency financial assistance, as well as information and referrals.
• Authorized housing flexibility options: Eligible service members with PCS orders may be entitled to flexibilities such as extended stays in government housing and early housing eligibility. Contact your military personnel office for more information.
• Spouse licensure reimbursement: Your service branch may reimburse spouses up to $1,000 for relicensure and certification costs resulting from relocations or PCS moves. See this Military OneSource article Transferring Your Professional License for more information and specific service branch policies.

Welcome to Westover Air Reserve Base. While reserve installations do not provide the typical relocation assistance services and do not have the full complement of services found in Relocation Assistance Programs at active-duty installations, we will do our best to assist and provide applicable resources to make your relocation to this reserve base a pleasant and satisfying one.

Please contact the following personnel agencies to request specific information regarding your move and transition to Westover ARB.

• The Military and Family Readiness Center offers relocation information upon request.
• Military personnel relocation assistance offers relocation information to incoming reservists.
• The civilian personnel office offers relocation information to all civil service employees/Air Reserve technicians.
• The Joint Personal Property Shipping Office at Northeast, Hanscom Air Force Base, offers relocation information to those eligible for services.
  • Additionally, eligible members can access detailed key shipping information, links and videos at www.move.mil. Applicable service members are strongly encouraged to utilize this site throughout the entire move process. Those who have further questions should contact the JPPSO customer service department at 781-225-3700, DSN 845-3700 or toll free at 800-235-7776.

You may also visit the Plan My Move website.