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.

When you receive notification of your assignment to Whiteman Air Force Base, you should automatically be assigned a sponsor through your receiving unit. Though you may have relocated multiple times, having a sponsor will help alleviate many stressors associated with moving, prepare you for region specific factors and increase the quality of your experience when you arrive.  You should make plans to meet with your sponsor upon arrival. It is your responsibility to ensure that your sponsor knows your arrival information.

If you are within 60 to 90 days of arrival and have not heard from your sponsor, please check on the status through your Commander's Support Staff (CSS). You can find a current list of phone numbers provided under Installation Overview/ Major Units or check out our Whiteman page on the AF Connect app on your smart phone. For additional assistance you may contact the Relocation Assistance Program (RAP) manager at the Military & Family Readiness Center at 660-687-7132or DSN 975-7132. 

To establish a temporary mailing address until you arrive, you can contact the military mail room at 660-687-5105. You must contact the mailroom before using the general delivery address in order to assure your mail is not rejected.

The general delivery address is:

• General Delivery
• 750 Arnold Ave
• Box 3000
• Whiteman AFB, MO 65305

If you want to set up a PO Box before you arrive, your sponsor can arrange your PO Box with a set of your orders. The Postal Service Center is located in Building 527 next to the Commissary on Arnold Ave.